'Tornado Alley' inclusion may stave off storm complacency
I know from statistics my mesoscale prof put together a few years ago that Indiana gets more squall-line origin tornadoes than any other state, with total numbers as high as the Great Plains states that commonly included in 'Tornado Alley' get from supercell storms. Who cares what we call it? Florida gets a high number of twisters as well, should they be included? On a map, we'd end up with a 'Tornado Quilt'. :-)
I know from statistics my mesoscale prof put together a few years ago that Indiana gets more squall-line origin tornadoes than any other state, with total numbers as high as the Great Plains states that commonly included in 'Tornado Alley' get from supercell storms. Who cares what we call it? Florida gets a high number of twisters as well, should they be included? On a map, we'd end up with a 'Tornado Quilt'. :-)