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The colloquial term is Tornado Alley, generally stretching from Texas to South Dakota and Iowa. There is relatively high tornado activity extending from the Rocky Mountains in the west, to the Appalachian Mountains in the east and from the Gulf of Mexico to southern Canada.

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