There are no exact boundaries to Tornado Alley, but it seems to include, at the very least, western Iowa, which includes the cities of Estherville, Algona, Plymouth, Cherokee, Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Carroll, Boone, Ames, Perry, Des Moines, Newton, Atlantic, Red Oak, and Creston as well as smaller communities not listed.
Note that even if an area is not in Tornado Alley it may still be prone to tornadoes, and the entire state of Iowa is pretty tornado prone.
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There are no exact boundaries to Tornado Alley, but it appears that at least the western half of Iowa is in it, though all of Iowa is prone to tornadoes. This western portion would include the cities of Estherville, Algona, Plymouth, Cherokee, Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Carroll, Boone, Ames, Perry, Des Moines, Newton, Atlantic, Red Oak, and Creston as well as smaller communities not listed.
There is no set agreement on the extent of Tornado Alley, but it is generally considered to include Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa as well as small portions of Colorado and Missouri.
The last F5 or EF5 tornado in Iowa was on May 25, 2008 when a large tornado caused EF5 damage in the towns of Parkersburg and New Hartford, Iowa.
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Yes. Iowa is one of the most tornado prone states in the U.S. Several of Iowa's tornadoes have been violent enough to be rated F5.
Tornado Alley does not have strictly defined boundaries, but maps of it commonly include much of northern Texas and most of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa as well as portions of other states.
There are about 800 incorporated cities in the state of Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa
35 is an average number of tornadoes per Year in Iowa.
· Ames, Iowa
Most U.S. tornadoes occur in Tornado Alley, which stratches from Texas to Iowa.