Tornado
Alley
•This
figure shows the annual number of tornadoes observed per 10,000 square miles in each of the fifty states during 1953-2004.
•The
red states have more than 5 tornadoes annually.
•Florida
has the highest numbers.
•Beside
the Gulf states, tornadoes occur most frequently over the Great Plains and Midwestern states.
•These
states are oriented along a southwest-northwest line called Tornado Alley.