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re: Tenth Anniversary of the 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak
Posted on 4/27/21 at 11:17 am to tarzana
Posted on 4/27/21 at 11:17 am to tarzana
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Alabama is the epicenter for deadly tornados in the US, not Oklahoma or Kansas, though admittedly they're pretty close behind.
We had this discussion in a thread a few weeks ago. Population density plays a huge roll in the deadly tornado statistics.
The best way I have to describe it is to take the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell tornado/supercell. It was on the ground (for the majority of the time) for more 100 miles, was nearly a mile wide at times, and had a duration of 2 hours and 35 minutes. Take that 100+ mile by 3/4 mile path and pick a spot in Western Oklahoma, Texas, or Kansas. Then, pick a spot in Alabama to place the same path. Look at the number towns and cities that would be in the two paths. In Alabama, you just have more people in the way of a long-track violent tornado. Oklahoma's population is much more concentrated than Alabama. Here, you can drive 130 miles and come across many small to medium towns and a few mid to large cities. Out there, not so much.
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Posted on 4/27/21 at 11:30 am to LegendInMyMind
just my hypothesis on why "Dixie Alley" is just now getting the recognition it deserves as perhaps THE tornado hotspot in this country
as pointed out... technology has gotten a lot better
but the main thing before technology helped is... you can hardly see tornadoes in the south
chasers call it "the jungle" for a reason and really never liked chasing here for that reason... too many trees and such obscure viewing... unlike what you get in the Plains
also... unlike the Plains... meteorologists like to remind us that tornadoes in this area are typically rain-wrapped... another thing to obscure visual identification of a tornado
tornadoes in the south don't typically stand out like the ones on 4/27/11
now that the technology has gotten better... we are understanding that was before was just a "severe thunderstorm" is now a tornadic storm with killer potential
I would venture to say it's probably been this way for a long time and just within the last decade or 2 are we really starting to understand the threat we're under from tornadoes in the spring before we get to the threat of hurricanes in the summer
as pointed out... technology has gotten a lot better
but the main thing before technology helped is... you can hardly see tornadoes in the south
chasers call it "the jungle" for a reason and really never liked chasing here for that reason... too many trees and such obscure viewing... unlike what you get in the Plains
also... unlike the Plains... meteorologists like to remind us that tornadoes in this area are typically rain-wrapped... another thing to obscure visual identification of a tornado
tornadoes in the south don't typically stand out like the ones on 4/27/11
now that the technology has gotten better... we are understanding that was before was just a "severe thunderstorm" is now a tornadic storm with killer potential
I would venture to say it's probably been this way for a long time and just within the last decade or 2 are we really starting to understand the threat we're under from tornadoes in the spring before we get to the threat of hurricanes in the summer
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