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No, tornado alley is a region in the United States where tornadoes occur more frequently than anywhere else.

The Super Outbreak was a single event in which 148 tornadoes were produced in a single day.

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Is tornado alley located in the same place every year?

Yes. It is located in the middle of the united states (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas etc) due to a favorable climate setup. Tornado Alley does not move, but major tornado outbreak can happen in other regions.


2 tornadoes on the same day in tornado alley?

Yes. It is quite common for more than two tornadoes to occur. An outbreak could easily produce several dozen tornadoes in a day.


Is Tornado Alley always in the same place?

Tornado Alley doesn't really move as it is an area that, over the long term, gets the most and the strongest tornadoes. However, the areain any given year can vary. Sometimes it is in Tornado Alley, and sometimes it is not.


What do people do in tornado alley?

Most people in Tornado Alley live the same way most other Americans do. Agriculture and oil drilling are the main economic activities of the region.


What is the difference between a tornado outbreak and a tornado family?

A tornado outbreak is a series of multiple tornadoes (usually at least six) produced by the same storm system (i.e. a system of multiple storms) in a geographic area in a relatively short period of time (usually 48 hours or less). A tornado family is a series of tornadoes produced in succession by a single storm as it goes through cycles. In a tornado outbreak the tornado tracks are scattered across a given area such as a state or several states. In a tornado family several tornado tracks occur along the same approximate line. Sometimes there are several tornado families within an outbreak.


What do you call a group of tornadoes in one day?

If six or more tornadoes form in one day from the same storm system it is called a tornado outbreak. A tornado outbreak can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.


How many tornadoes can there be at a time?

The record is 16 on the ground at the same time during the 18 hr "Super Outbreak" of April 3 and April 4, 1974. Total tornado count for the 18 hrs was 148.


What comes first in a dictionary tornado or tornado alley?

Tornado would come first. If any term's beginning letters are the same as the whole spelling of another term, the shorter term will come first.


What is a group of tornadoes?

A group of tornadoes produced by the same storm system withing a day or so is called a tornado outbreak. A series of tornadoes produced in succession by the same supercell is called a tornado family.


Was the first tornado in tornado alley?

Most likely not. Tornadoes have probably been around since Earth had the same basic atmosphere of oxygen and nitrogen, perhaps even in Earth's primordial atmosphere, long before the tornado alley we know today even existed. Most people say yes and some say no.


What are the characteristics of the tornado super outbreak?

There have been two events that have been called a "Super Outbreak." For Decades Super Outbreak referred only to the devastating outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. This outbreak was, at the time, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded, producing 148 tornadoes in 18 hours. Tornadoes occurred across a large area stretching from Ontario to Alabama. To this day it stands as the most violent outbreak on record with 23 tornadoes rated F4 and 7 Rated F5. Several tornadoes killed 20 or more people each in area of Ohio, Kentucky, and Alabama. The deadliest tornado of this outbreak hit Xenia, Ohio, killing 32 people. Major killer tornadoes also hit Brandenburg, Kentucky (31 dead); Tanner, Alabama (28 dead); and Guin, Alabama (28 dead). In all the tornadoes of this outbreak killed 319 people. More recent was the Super Outbreak of April 25-28, 2011. It stands as the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded, having produced 351 tornadoes in just over 3 days. It also holds the record for most tornadoes in 24 hours, with 208 tornadoes touching down on April 27, the worst day of the outbreak. It is also one of the most violent outbreaks on record, with 11 tornadoes rated EF4 and 4 rated EF5, all on April 27. This marks only the second time in history that more than two F5 or EF5 tornadoes struck on the same day. While the range of the outbreak was similar to that of the 1974 Super Outbreak, all of the violent tornadoes were limited to the southern states, with Alabama suffering the worst damage. This outbreak distinguishes itself from the 1974 event with two tornadoes with extremely high death tolls. A long-track EF5 tornado killed 72 people across numerous towns in northern, Alabama, the deadliest single tornado in state history. Another tornado, rated EF4 killed 64 people in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham in central Alabama, the state's second deadliest tornado. Other major killer tornadoes hit Rainsville, Alabama (25 dead); Smithville, Mississippi (23 dead); Ohatchee, Alabama (22 dead); and Ringgold, Georgia (20 dead). In all the tornadoes of this outbreak killed 324 people.


How many people die in tornado alley a year?

Assuming you mean people killed by tornadoes in Tornado Alley, the years 1981-2010 show an average of 14 deaths per year from tornadoes. Nationwide tornadoes killed and average of 56 people per year in the same period.