Since official records began in 1950 through 2014 Tennessee has had 1,148 recorded tornadoes. The actual number of tornadoes in the period is probably much higher as up until the 1980s most of the weaker tornadoes were missed. More recent records suggest that Tennessee gets about 30 tornadoes in an average year.
Tennessee Tornado was created in 1999.
The Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak was not a single tornado. It was an outbreak of 86 tornadoes across a large portion of the southeastern U.S. The worst hit areas were in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama.
No. Tennessee is east of Tornado Alley. Some put it in another tornado forming region called "Dixie Alley."
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Yes. Oklahoma is one of the most tornado prone areas in the world.
There was never a Super Tuesday Tornado. However there was the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, which was a series of 86 tornadoes that struck the U.S. on February 5 and 6 of 2008. Tornadoes in the outbreak impacted Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. Arkansas and Tennessee were hit by the worst tornadoes of the event.
Yes. Information on tornado warnings is broadcast through TV, radio, and smartphone apps. In some areas, sirens will sound.
Nashville, Tennessee has had tornadoes, but it is too far inland to get hurricanes.
Tornadoes can happen in any location where the necessary atmospheric conditions converge, such as in Tornado Alley in the central United States. They often occur in areas with warm, moist air colliding with cool, dry air, leading to the formation of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
A tornado can hit a house, but cannot happen indoors.
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Not exactly. If a tornado is imminent then Doppler radar will probably detect the rotation wand a warning will be issued that a tornado may soon form. Often, especially with areas of major damage, the tornado has already been on the ground for at least a few minutes and moves into the area. Meteorologists can often detect the signature of a tornado on radar will announce where the tornado is and where it is going.