1. Tornado Alley Facts

2. Tornado Alley Over 1,000 tornadoes touch down in US/year
95% tornadoes in US occur in Tornado Alley
Tornado Alley is located in the Great Plains (Minnesota to Texas)

3. Why does Tornado Alley have so many tornadoes?
Warm moist air rising from Gulf of Mexico meets cold dry air sinking from Rocky mountains and Canada.
The front that forms creates massive storms and intense air movement.

4. Tornadoes Moves in three ways Rotating movement (swirling/twisting)
Lateral movement (sideways)
Upward
Reaches speeds from 40 mph to over mph

5. What is a bundle?? Multiple vortices of funnel clouds in one area.
Can be the result of one massive tornado cloud separating into many.

6. Supercell?
Massive thunderstorm cloud with a persistent rotating updraft.
Waterspout? Rotating column of air over a large body of water. Some waterspouts begin as a tornado, then move over water.

7. Fujita Scale:
Rates tornadoes according to wind speed.

8. Live in Tornado Alley?? Here are some supplies to keep on hand….
Radio with extra batteries
Flashlight with extra batteries
Food/Water supply
First aid kit
Any medications needed