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What part of the US is hail most often observed?
Western Great Plains
How often is there a tornado in the US?
It varies, but the U.S. averages about 1,200 tornadoes each year.
Does a tornado happen often or seldom?
It depends on where you live. Tornadoes happen fairly often in the US as a whole, mostly during the spring or fall. However, they typically affect a very limited area. Even though the US is the most tornado-prone area in the world (for example, Europe is slightly larger than the US, but the US has four times as many tornadoes), there are almost no intense (>3 on the Fujita scale) tornadoes west of the Rocky Mountains.
Where is the tornado belt of the US located?
No US State is completely free of tornadoes but the core of Tornado Alley is most often considered to be the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Eastern South Dakota and Eastern Colorado.
What county in the US has the most tornado's?
Tornado Alley
Where in the United States is hail most frequent?
It occurs most frequently in "Hail Alley", which runs from Nebraska to Colorado and up to Wyoming. Frequent thunderstorms combined with the air of orographic winds from the Rockies allows strong updrafts capable of supporting hail. Cheyenne, Wyoming is considered the hail capital of North America, with 9 or 10 days of hail annually on average. Elsewhere, hail can and has occurred in all 50 states, but is least common on the coast and in some of the colder regions, particularly Alaska.
Which places in the US have tornado sirens?
The place with the most tornado sirens would have to be tornado alley
Why is the central part of the US also called tornado alley?
The Central Plains of the United states are often called Tornado Alley because more tornadoes occur there than anywhere else in the world.
When was the first tornado recorded in the US?
The first recorded tornado in the US was in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in August of 1671.
Is tornado alley in the US?
Yes. Tornado Alley is in the south of the U.S.A.
Where can you find hail in the US?
somewhere cold
Which part of the US is a tornado?
No part of any country is a tornado. A tornado is a weather event, not a place. However all parts of the US can get tornadoes except, perhaps, for northern Alaska.
