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re: Looks like Mississippi and Alabama are actually the tornado captials of the world
Posted on 3/26/23 at 2:53 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 3/26/23 at 2:53 pm to fallguy_1978
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My in laws live NW of Birmingham in Jefferson County, AL and they get some bad ones around there.
You couldn’t pay me to live anywhere from Tuscaloosa to Gardendale. I swear those tornadoes follow the river. Not sure how Oak Grove or Hueytown still exist.
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Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:00 pm to TutHillTiger
Alabama and Oklahoma are tied for the most recorded F/EF-5 tornadoes. Seven for both.
Dixie Alley has become just about as active as the traditional Tornado Alley. Dixie Alley also has the unique issues of terrain, trees, high precipitation storms (so rain wrapped tornadoes) and many tornadoes occurring at night. All of these make it hard to get visual confirmation of tornadoes. That’s one reason while dual polarization radar has become such a key tool for tracking severe weather.
Here’s a map of traditional Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley for reference:
Dixie Alley has become just about as active as the traditional Tornado Alley. Dixie Alley also has the unique issues of terrain, trees, high precipitation storms (so rain wrapped tornadoes) and many tornadoes occurring at night. All of these make it hard to get visual confirmation of tornadoes. That’s one reason while dual polarization radar has become such a key tool for tracking severe weather.
Here’s a map of traditional Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley for reference:
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:08 pm to Aubie Spr96
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You couldn’t pay me to live anywhere from Tuscaloosa to Gardendale. I swear those tornadoes follow the river. Not sure how Oak Grove or Hueytown still exist.
I live near Gardendale. We’ve definitely had plenty of close calls.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:14 pm to TutHillTiger
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.
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.
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:17 pm to TutHillTiger
My parents grew up north of Birmingham and always called in tornado alley. So i of course answered that for a geography quiz and got it wrong... i want those 4 points back!
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:36 pm to TutHillTiger
I remember hearing some climatologist say “Tornado Alley” has shifted to the Mississippi Delta
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:39 pm to USMCguy121
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It's time for Cajuns to retake the North.
Everything north of Ville Platte is Arkansas.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 3:40 pm to TutHillTiger
Early spring, yes, late spring is Oklahoma.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 5:24 pm to greenbean
This guy gets it. I live in the zoo and tornadoes are probably 5th on the reasons I wish I could move list. And we are in the path almost every time a warning comes up so that’s saying something.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:46 pm to OneEyedWillie
I live on top of giant hill in mobile so tornados not really problem as they always go around it but damn we probably have already had half a dozen in Mobile County this year.
What kinda bothers me a little as it seems everyone in Kansas etc has a storm shelter, absolutely no one has one here, rarer than an albino deer. That probably needs to change
What kinda bothers me a little as it seems everyone in Kansas etc has a storm shelter, absolutely no one has one here, rarer than an albino deer. That probably needs to change
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:05 am to TutHillTiger
Shelters are everywhere here in Wichita. Hell they’ll be in random parks in case someone is out and about when one hits. Our school has 3 huge ones (our wrestling and band/choir rooms).
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:07 am to TutHillTiger
Yay! Finally last (read first) at everything bad!!!!
Posted on 3/28/23 at 5:28 am to TutHillTiger
You never heard of Dixie Alley?
NE Texas
North LA
Central Mississippi
Central Alabama
NE Texas
North LA
Central Mississippi
Central Alabama
Posted on 3/28/23 at 6:05 am to turnpiketiger
Central to NE GA has tendency to get bad ones as well.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 6:46 am to TutHillTiger
It's amazing how many of them start at the river.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 7:37 am to HempHead
Area around Aliceville, Eutaw, Greensboro is bad too
Posted on 3/28/23 at 11:54 am to GeauxWrek
Columbus GA area yes.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:46 pm to TutHillTiger
Dixie alley erupts before the standard tornado alley. When I lived in Oklahoma late April and May were the months. But I did read that the bullseye is shifting eastward. We are more at threat in East Texas than in the old days.
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