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It is the most tornado prone region in the world. The alley part probably comes from the region being longer than it is wide.
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Name 5 states found in tornado alley?
Tornado Alley includes Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
What is the name of the area from Texas to South Dakota?
Tornado Alley
What are the names of all the places in tornado ally?
Tornado Alley covers an area of hundreds of thousands of square miles. It would be impossible to name all the places there. Additionally, the boundaries of Tornado Alley are not officially defined. Some areas may be included in Tornado Alley on one map, but not on another.
What is the name given to the area where most tornadoes occur?
Tornado Alley
Name given to the mid- continental area where tornadoes are common?
tornado alley
What is the name of the region that runs through US due to its tornadic activity?
Tornado Alley.
What is the name of the region in the central US where tornadoes frequently occur?
The region is commonly called Tornado Alley.
What is the difference between a tornado ally and a regular ally?
Tornado Alley - is simply a name given to the relatively narrow area of the states where the majority of tornadoes are found.
What is the name of a city often hit by tornadoes because it is so near the heart of tornado alley?
Oklahoma City.
Is southern America the tornado capital of the world?
Moreso the central plains. While the Deep South is a major region for tornadoes, it is the Great Plains that have earned the name "Tornado Alley".
How did tornado alley get its name?
Tornado Alley is the Area in the united states of America where large numbers of Tornado's usually take place.Tornado Alley is considered to cover areas of the Central United States. It is not an official term but was created by the media to refer to areas that have greater numbers of tornadoes than others. There are several ideas of what Tornado Alley is, but those ideas are the result of the different criteria used to refer to it.90% of tornadoes hit the Central United States because cold, dry air from Canada and the Rocky Mountains meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and hot, dry air from the Sonoran Desert, which causes atmospheric instability, heavy precipitation, and many intense thunderstorms.The most common definition of Tornado Alley is the location where the strongest tornadoes occur most frequently. The core of Tornado Alley consists of northern Texas (including the Panhandle), Oklahoma and Kansas. However, Tornado Alley can be also be defined as an area stretching from central Texas to the Canadian prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania. It can also be argued that there are numerous Tornado Alleys. In addition to the Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas core, such areas include the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the lower Mississippi Valley.
Why is tornado alley dangerous?
Tornado Alley is locate in the central part of the United States extending from Texas to South Dakota and Iowa and covering small portions of a few other states. Tornado Alley gets its name from the fact that it sees more tornadoes than any other part of the world. The tornadoes there also tend to be stronger than elsewhere.
