re: Looks like Mississippi and Alabama are actually the tornado captials of the world

MS and AL have been getting smoked with tornados at a much higher rate for over a decade. MS had 183 tornados last year. AL had 117. Oklahoma (28) and Kansas (68) did not come close to those numbers last year.

MS started seeing triple digit tornados in 2005. They’ve hit triple digits since then six times. AL did not hit triple digits until 2008. They have had three years of triple digits with 2011 being the most at 217. TX still averages more during that time, though.