Well, honey, tornadoes can hit anywhere, but the infamous "Tornado Alley" states like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska tend to see more twisters than a bad hair day at a beauty pageant. Don't forget about Dixie Alley in the Southeast, where states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee also get their fair share of swirling winds. Basically, if you're living in these areas, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the sky and hold onto your hat!
Oklahoma is ground zero. Texas, Florida, and Colorado are also high-risk states.
Tornadoes can pop up anywhere that the weather conditions are just right. They mostly occur in the mid western states such as Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
There were 1,817 tornadoes in the United States in 2004, a record high, the worldwide number is less certain.
Some states with low risk of floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes include Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of the Mountain West region like Nevada and Colorado. These states experience fewer extreme weather events compared to states in Tornado Alley or along the Gulf Coast.
Yes. The southeastern United States has a very high incidence of tornadoes, second only to the Great Plains.
Areas at the highest risk from tornadoes include the central and southern United States, Bangladesh and eastern India, parts of Europe, South Africa, Australia, and parts of Argentina and Brazil.
Tornadoes can happen just about anywhere. But those most at risk live in the central United States, Southern Canada, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
It is not likely. Currently the moderate-risk outlook has been issued for hail, for which the SPC does not issue high-risk outlooks. Only slight-risk outlooks have been issued for wind and tornadoes.
In the United States they have a section called Tornado Alley. There is also alot of helpful information on which areas in the US are at risk for Tornadoes and what to do in case of such an emergency at NOAA. See the related links below for this information.
The United States experienced 1.374 tornadoes in 2003 and 1,817 (a record high) in 2004. This works out to a difference of 443 tornadoes.
All tornadoes are dangerous. However, the tornadoes in Florida tend to be weaker than those in other regions such as Tornado Alley Because of this they pose somewhat less of a risk.
It is too early to tell for sure, as there is always uncertainty in these outlooks, but the fact that there is a moderate risk outlook and the potential for tornadoes has been mentioned, a few strong (EF2+) tornadoes may be possible. However, the oulook states that the primary threat is expected to be hail.