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Where are tornadoes located and why?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Tornadoes can occur just about anywhere in the world that gets thunderstorms. However they are most common in tornado alley in the central U.S. This is because of a combination of factors such as frequent collisions of warm, moist air with cool air and dry air, strong wind shear, and inversion caps which come together to produce strong, rotating thunderstorms that can produce tornadoes.

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