Tornado Alley USA

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Weather Nerd

If You Think This Year’s Tornado Season Is Bad….

With tornado season in full-swing, it's worthwhile to look back at the United States' impressive tornado history. According to the NOAA, the U.S. averages over 1,000 tornadoes a year, far more than any other country in the world. Some of those tornadoes can be exceedingly deadly and destructive, hitting a 4 or 5 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. While the area in the Central U.S. known as "tornado alley" is […]

todayMarch 22, 2022

Weather Nerd

How ENSO is going to affect the 2022 Tornado Season

As history shows, La Nina can have an important influence on the Spring tornado season in the United States. And usually not in a good way. It is also partially responsible for the winter-time tornado outbreaks across the United States. From the top 5 most active tornado years, 4 were actually La Nina seasons. At least during the main spring part, when there are most tornadoes and the ENSO still […]

todayMarch 8, 2022

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