Tornado Alley (southern and central parts)

E1901

geographical region tornado-prone region

Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) is a region of the central and southern United States especially prone to frequent and severe tornadoes due to the collision of warm, moist Gulf air with cooler, drier air masses.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tornado Alley	5
Tornado Alley (broadly defined)	1
Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ tornado-prone region ⓘ
climateFeature	damaging straight-line winds ⓘ frequent tornadoes ⓘ large hail ⓘ severe thunderstorms ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emergencyPreparednessFocus	storm shelters ⓘ tornado siren systems ⓘ tornado warnings ⓘ
hasHazard	EF3 to EF5 tornadoes ⓘ
hasStatisticalCharacteristic	among highest tornado rates per unit area worldwide ⓘ frequent nocturnal tornadoes in southern portion ⓘ
includes	Arkansas ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ central Texas ⓘ eastern Colorado ⓘ eastern New Mexico ⓘ eastern Oklahoma ⓘ northern Texas ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Midwest South ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: central United States Southern United States ⓘ surface form: southern United States
meteorologicalCause	collision of warm moist Gulf air with cooler drier air masses ⓘ dryline formation ⓘ strong vertical wind shear ⓘ
notableFor	high proportion of strong and violent tornadoes ⓘ high tornado frequency ⓘ
partOf	North American Great Plains tornado corridor ⓘ
populationImpact	recurrent tornado-related fatalities and injuries ⓘ recurrent tornado-related property damage ⓘ
primaryAirMassSource	cold dry air from Canada ⓘ cool dry air from Rocky Mountains ⓘ warm moist air from Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
riskLevel	high tornado risk ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
tornadoSeasonPeak	early summer ⓘ spring ⓘ
typicalStormType	supercell thunderstorms ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midwestern United States → climateRegion → Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) ⓘ

U.S. state of Oklahoma → partOfRegion → Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) ⓘ

subject surface form: Oklahoma