Tornadoes

There were 102 recorded tornadoes in Oklahoma in 2010.

Since official records began in 1950 there has been 1 tornado did come very near Eureka Springs and there is nothing really that would prevent one from striking. Arkansas as a whole is a tornado prone state.

West Memphis was hit by one tornado in the 1980s: an F3 on December 14, 1987.

It is in Tornado Alley, but they are rare.

Missouri is partly within a region commonly called Tornado Alley, a region of the United States that has the highest amount of tornado activity in the world. The region is the site of frequent collisions of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, cool air from Canada, and dry air from the Rockies. These collisions result in very strong thunderstorms, with the moist air acting as their "fuel." Additionally, the region often has a layer of stable air called a cap that suppresses storms. This behaves like the lid on a pressure cooker, allowing the atmosphere below it to become increasingly unstable until storms develop explosively. Finally, the region often sees strong vertical wind shear, or a variation of wind speed and direction with altitude. This tilts them in such a way that the updraft and downdraft portions becomes separated and don't interfere with one another, letting the already strong storm further strengthen and last longer. The wind shear also sets the storms rotating, turning them into supercells, the most powerful thunderstorms on earth. It is the rotation within these supercells that can develop into a tornado.

Other parts of the world do see such conditions and thunderstorms at least occasionally, but not with the same frequency as in Tornado Alley.

As with all places, most Italian tornadoes are weak (EF0-EF1), onlyasmall percentage are strong (EF2-EF3), but in the past Italy has had many destructive events.

In the 1930 a probable F5 tornado hit northern Italy killing 23 people in a path 80 km (50 mi) long.

A few years later, in the 1957 another F5 hit the northern Italy killing 6 people.

On September 11, 1970 an F4 tornado hit Padua and Venice travelling for 70 km killing 36 people (most of these on a boat).

Thewere were two other possible F4 tornadoes, one in 1910 that killed 60 people and another in the 1965 that killed 9 people.

Then there are numerous F3 or EF3 tornadoes. The most recent dates back to 3 May 2013 in northern Italy; large and strong tornado that wounded 13 people. The other most important have occurred in November 28, 2012, near Taranto killing 1 person, on June 6, 2009 near Treviso which wounding 28 people, on November 12, 2004 in Sicily (nearly an F4) and on July 7, 2001 near Milan wounding 92 people.

Tornadoes generally form over land, not the ocean. You are thinking of hurricanes. The term hurricane refers to a tropical cyclone that occurs over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific ocean.

Yes, tornadoes can happen almost anywhere that there are thunderstorms.

Definitely. In fact, as of research from a few years ago, Maine averages about 2 tornadoes per year. It's rare, but they certainly can and do occur in Maine every once in a while.

Yes, Japan does have tornadoes and "waterspouts" which are tornadoes that occur over water. Japan has about 20 tornadoes each year, occurring mostly in September. See the link below for further information.

Yes. On average Michigan is hit by about 15 tornadoes per year. Most of these tornadoes are weak, but strong ones do occur. Three tornadoes in Michigan history were strong enough to be rated F5.

Eastern Colorado near the Oklahoma state line sees relatively high tornado activity and is considered part of tornado alley.

Well, there is one place I know of that has really never seen a tornado. That is Dallas, Texas.

There were 16 tornadoes in Nevada in the years 2000-2010

The last known tornadoes to hit Florida occurred during the landfall of tropical storm Fay. Fay was quite powerful for a tropical storm. Damaging winds, torrential rain and incredible flooding were other effects of the storm. Though it has now calmed to an extra-tropical depression, the damage is quite excessive.

In short, tornadoes do occur in Pakistan, but are very rare. Tornadoes are highly uncommon in Pakistan. There has been two reported Tornadoes in the country that is in 1995 and 2001..The tornado of 1995 killed 100 people while the tornado of 2001 killed 10 people, you can also find much information on the net about 2001 tornado. March and April are the peak months for formation of tornadoes in Pakistan.

Peru DOSNT have tornadoes

Yes. The first known tornado was recorded in Ireland in 1054.

There were 2 tornadoes in Missouri on May 23, 2011 Neither of which caused any injuries.

However, on May 22, a tornado struck the city of Joplin, injuring over 1100 people. Another tornado on the same day injured 2 people in Missouri and another 2 in Oklahoma.

yes there has been reports of tornadoes in Belize

They happen more regularly than people may think. The weather needs to be in the right conditions for it but this can be at anytime of year.

There has been lots of bad damage done to buildings through twisters in England.

On average, the highest amount of tornado activity is in the central part of the state, centered on Oklahoma City. However, in any given year, the peak of activity may occur elsewhere.

Miami has had tornadoes before, so it is pretty much inevitable that the city will be hit again. However, there is no way of knowing when the next one will strike.

Tornadoes are most likely to occur in the northeastern part of Texas, ranging from the Texas Panhandle to near the Arkansas state line and south to around the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Any tornado is bad to the people it hits. However, major tornadoes can and have occurred in Ohio. One of the most recent was an EF4 that hit the town of Millbury, southeast of Toledo, on June 5, 2010, killing 7 people. Ohio also experience the worst tornado of the Super Outbreak of 1974 when an F5 devastated the city of Xenia, killing at least 32 people. Ohio also hard hit by the Palm Sunday outbreak of 1965 and the Flint/Worcester outbreak of 1953. The deadliest tornado in Ohio history was an F4 that struck the cities of Loraine and Sandusky on June 28, 1924, killing 85 people. It ranks as one of the 25 deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.