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re: How come Major tornadoes never really hit big Cities???
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:49 pm to FLObserver
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:49 pm to FLObserver
quote:The lack of tornadoes hitting major urban areas was the data I used to form my hypothesis.
IS there proof of this? because this is what i was thinking.
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Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:50 pm to FLObserver
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How come Major tornadoes never really hit big Cities???
Because there are no trailer parks there?
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:51 pm to RazorBroncs
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I have always wondered why some small towns/areas seem to be tornado magnets while others very rarely if ever see any.
Hattiesburg, MS tornado paths 2017 & 2013
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:52 pm to Sao
I consider anything south of 635, between the DNT and 75, and north of the 30/20 corridor (So thats Highland Park, Uptown, etc) Dallas proper. In fact if you look at a map (Google) it even shows. Im considered Far North Dallas (Plano).
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:53 pm to FLObserver
Huntsville AL got smoked in 2011.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:54 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Tall buildings and terrain prevent tornadoes from forming
100% false
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:01 pm to FLObserver
I watched this swallow up Nashtenny in person. Maybe not major city but it plowed right through downtown.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:01 pm to weadjust
IIRC Tupelo got hit by a big tornado a couple years ago as well.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:10 pm to tWildcat
One that hit Tupelo was a monster and was very long tracked.
EF4's and EF5's are rare as it is. Now consider what percentage of coverage area of the country is "major city" and that compounds the rarity.
It has absolutely nothing to do with tall buildings or concrete or invisible force fields.
EF4's and EF5's are rare as it is. Now consider what percentage of coverage area of the country is "major city" and that compounds the rarity.
It has absolutely nothing to do with tall buildings or concrete or invisible force fields.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 10:12 pm to Mohican
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Tupelo got hit by a big tornado a couple years ago as well.
I got to see that tornado as it was coming towards my house. When wind driven debris started hitting my window. Me and dog took cover in the bathroom. Missed me by a couple of blocks and made a direct hit on a rental house I own.
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:00 pm to tWildcat
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Seems like Moore, OK always gets hit by a big tornado. I think half the city has been wiped out by a tornado 3 times since 99.
there was a tornado special on The Weather Channel (think it was called "Tornado Target: Oklahoma" or something like that)... basically said Moore, Oklahoma is the tornado capitol of the world
something like in the perfect spot where the cold air coming from the mountains out west coming together with the warm air coming off the GoM
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:31 pm to 50_Tiger
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I consider anything south of 635, between the DNT and 75, and north of the 30/20 corridor (So thats Highland Park, Uptown, etc) Dallas proper. In fact if you look at a map (Google) it even shows. Im considered Far North Dallas (Plano).
30/20 corridor?
They parallel each other. The land between them inside Beltline (probably more than that) is as much Dallas as any you mntion.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:34 pm to FLObserver
One hit Memphis in 2008. OKC has been hit a few times. St. Louis (airport) has been hit at least twice the last decade. I think one in Atlanta in 2008 as well.
Videos:
Memphis tornado 1 (fatal)
Memphis tornado 2
St Louis Airport tornado
Atlanta tornado
Not sure if you count Joplin, MO as populated. It was devastated in 2011. Jackson, TN was also hit by a wedge tornado in 2008.
Videos:
Memphis tornado 1 (fatal)
Memphis tornado 2
St Louis Airport tornado
Atlanta tornado
Not sure if you count Joplin, MO as populated. It was devastated in 2011. Jackson, TN was also hit by a wedge tornado in 2008.
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:34 pm to Spankum
The OKC area has had several major tornadoes in the last 20 years.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:39 pm to 50_Tiger
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I consider anything south of 635, between the DNT and 75, and north of the 30/20 corridor (So thats Highland Park, Uptown, etc) Dallas proper. In fact if you look at a map (Google) it even shows. Im considered Far North Dallas (Plano).
If a tornado hits just about anywhere in the metroplex then it's going to be pretty bad.
No matter if it's in downtown, or up in Frisco. A lot of people are going to get rocked.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:43 pm to Brisketeer
OKC is one of the most tornado prone cities on earth.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:44 pm to ehidal1
More like 20 years ago , but yes a bad one hit right in the middle of downtown Nashville. I remember riding around downtown looking at the devastation afterwards when I was 18-19 years old. Also have been thru 2 others (one right over my head where I just got lucky) in Murfreesboro , TN (home of MTSU) nog far from Nashville at all. Like 15-20 minute ride down I-24
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:44 pm to FLObserver
two have hit a few times here in dallas that i know of in the past 5 years
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:44 pm to Sao
the house i previously lived in, in Rowlette, TX was destroyed by that tornado.
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