North America's Tornado Alley by Nicholas Tierney https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv Nicholas Tierney en-us 2018-04-18 22:13:17 UTC 2023-03-01 09:21:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png What is North America's Tornado Alley? nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254018484
The North American Tornado alley is a part of the states that has frequent tornados passing through at certain parts of the year. It is located down the center of the USA. 
]]> 2018-04-21 03:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254018484 nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254018958 Tornado alley is located from Texas, parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. These are the states that get hit the hardest. (google images)]]> 2018-04-21 03:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254018958 How this occurs nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019159 The reason for this occurrence is because of how flat the land is throughout the "Tornado Alley" which allows cooler dry air from Canada to meet with warmer moist tropical air from Mexico and causes big storms and tornados. ]]> 2018-04-21 03:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019159 Why this occurs? nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019726 The reason why most tornadoes occur in tornado alley USA is because of how flat the earth is in the area which can act as a breeding ground for tornados if the conditions are right. the tornados can reach speeds up to 200mph. (worldAtlas.com) ]]> 2018-04-21 03:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019726 About 75% of the tornados that happen in Tornado Alley have weak winds up to 110mph. nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019954 2018-04-21 03:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254019954 When do the tornados come most often. nicholastierney33 https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254020019

The most active time of the year for tornados in Tornado Alley is typically the end of March or beginning of April till August. (ustornadoes.com)
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What is "Tornado Alley". Windows to the universe. 2016. Retrieved from https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/alley.html

Why is Tornado Alley so prone to tornadoes. World Atlas, 2018. Retrieved from https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-tornado-alley-where-are-tornadoes-most-likely-to-occur-where-is-the-tornado-belt.html

Annual and Monthly tornado averages for each state. US Tornadoes, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.ustornadoes.com/2016/04/06/annual-and-monthly-tornado-averages-across-the-united-states/]]> 2018-04-21 04:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholastierney33/f503id88lptv/wish/254020348