Tornadoes

Tornado Alley does not have official boundaries. Depending on how the map is drawn Leander could be considered just inside or just outside Tornado Alley.

The tri state tornado set 6 records: highest U.S. death toll (695) Highest death toll in a single state (606 in Illinois), highest death toll in a single town in the U.S. (234 in Murphysboro, Illinois), longest duration (3 hours, 29 minutes), longest path (219 miles), fastest forward speed (at times 73 mph).

Dirt, it is a naturaul surface most people would feel comfortable on. If you were to fall it would be a lesser injury than concrete or asphault.

It is not common to be killed by a tornado, but it can and does happen. On average, some 60 to 80 people in the United States are killed by tornadoes each year. That makes tornadoes the deadliest form of severe weather in the U.S. But this rate is relatively low compared to a variety of other causes of death.

A rough analysis based on the number of deaths and injuries per million people suggests that you will find the greatest danger of death or injury from a tornado in the state of Mississippi. Alabama and Arkansas also rank quite high.

The high fatality rates in these states may be attributed to the fact that the tornadoes in these states generally move faster and are more often rain-wrapped than those on the Great Plains, meaning that there is often less warning.

Since modern record keeping began in 1950 6 tornadoes have it the Springfield, MA area. The EF3 of June 1, 2011 was by far the worst of them.

well people who chases tornadoes are storm chasers.

Some of the more famous storm chasers include Reed Timmer, Josh Wurman, Warren Faidley, and Howard Blustein,

It is possible for a tornado to strike Foxboro, MA, but there is no way of knowing for certain if it will happen.

I'm not sure but since 2000 there was roughly about 7,000 that hit tornado ally.

For one thing, don't go out in your boat. Go indoors to be safe and stay away from widows. Waterspouts are typically weaker than normal tornadoes, rarely exceeding EF1 strength and typically dissipate quickly if they hit land, but they can still cause damage and capsize boats

It is still just a tornado. However, it would be quite unusual to have an actual tornado go through an area where there is snow on the ground, as such conditions would generally be be too cold for tornado formation. Sometimes, though, you can get small whirlwinds that usually result from wind interacting with trees, buildings, and terrain. These are not tornadoes, but harmless eddies. If they lift snow into the air they are somtimes called snow devils.

Usually a place has to be hit by a tornado directly in order for there to be fatalities. However very strong tornadoes can throw or carry debris incredible distances. Debris was seen falling as much as a mile away from the F5 tornado that hit Oklahoma city on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes that strong are extremely rare, however.

Note that the wind speeds provided are estimates and not to be taken at face value.

F0: (gale tornado), 40-72 mph. Some roof tiles and siding stripped, tree limbs broken, signs damaged. Weak sheds and outbuildings may be destroyed.

F1: (moderate tornado), 73-112 mph. Roofs of houses severely damaged. Poorly secured roofs may be removed. Trailer homes overturned.

F2: (significant tornado), 113-157 mph. Roofs torn from well-built houses. Trailer homes completely destroyed. Large trees snapped.

F3: (severe tornado), 158-206 mph. Roofs and walls torn from well-built houses, weaker houses may be completely leveled, most trees in a forest uprooted.

F4: (devastating tornado), 207-261 mph. Well-built houses leveled and left as pile of debris. Poorly anchored houses blown off foundations. Trees debarked.

F5: (incredible tornado), 261-318 mph. Well-built houses completely swept away, leaving bare foundations. Reinforced concrete structures destroyed.

Yes. Detroit has been hit by several tornadoes, most recently in 1997.

A multiple vortex tornado is a tornado that has two or more smaller vorticies inside the main circulation. These subvorticies or suction vortices can have winds up to 100 mph faster than the rest of the tornado, and thus cause more severe damage. This is one reason why one area hit by a tornado may only sustain moderate damage, while the area next to it may be devastated. Normally these vortices are hidden within the main funnel, but if conditions are right a multiple vortex tornado may have two or more funnels. Each subvortex usually only lasts a few seconds.

The last time a tornado was last seen in hatchet was after Brian got beaten by the moose and was resting.

There are six categories from EF0 to EF5.

Texas generally gets the most tornadoes overall, while Kansas generally has the highest concentration of tornadoes.

As of January 7th 2012 the recent tornado was the April 16 tornado that killed 3 people in Gloucester County, Virginia

Overall it would probably be Oklahoma. For its size Oklahoma probably has the most violent tornadoes and has had a few of the deadliest and most destructive.

It should be noted, though that Mississippi and Missouri have had a history of exceptionally deadly tornadoes, though such violent tornadoes visit those states less frequently.

no. it is WAY too far away to be in tornado alley. nice try though!

Tornadoes damage and destroy property and kill and injure people and animals.

Yes. Many tornadoes have occurred in forests, with some of the larger and stronger ones destroying thousands of trees.

The fastest wind speed ever recorded anywhere was 302 mph (486 km/h) in an F5 tornado as it tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. The measurement was obtained with Doppler radar, so it technically was not a direct measurement. The fastest directly recorded wind speed was a gust to 253 mph (408 km/h) recorded on Barrow Island, Australia on April 10, 1996.

The Tri-State tornado had a number of factors that made it so deadly.

First it was a very powerful tornado, most likely an F5, capable of completely obliterating well built structures.

Second it had an unusually long damage path, the longest ever recorded, and was 3/4 mile to 1 mile wide as a result it affected a very large area.

Third, its large size and the low cloud base of its parent storm made it difficult to discern as a tornado.

Fourth, it moved very quickly, at times over 70 mph, leaving little time to prepare.

Finally, this tornado touched down in a time when there were no tornado warnings.