The Most Tornado-Prone Counties In America

[KendraReed]

"This week I came across an analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Storm Prediction Center showing what counties in the United States experience the most tornadoes. The top spot went to Weld County, Colorado." ~ Marshall Shepherd

http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/10/16/tornado-prone-counties-in-the-united-states/

 

[Robert Forry]

I was surprised to learn that. Good article. And I guess I live in the most tornado prone county in MI... at least since 1955.

 

[Kyle Brittain]

Spouts!

 

[calvinkaskey]

A lot of the counties in Colorado look huge. Interesting that White County in AR has a good amount of tornado activity where I went to school and got hit by a tornado. Wondering if the minimum in West Virginia is really due to rolling terrain or extreme lack of visibility as probably the most folded, gorged, and forested terrain in North America.

 

[Robert Forry]

Spouts!

It's funny because as warm as it's been, I figured to get an extended spout season on the Great Lakes. No such deal. Those babies have cooled pretty quick. I saw too that Wade has closed up shop for the season on his forecast page, which makes sense.

 

[Verne Carlson]

Weld, Wasgington, Adams and Arapahoe counties in ne CO seem to always come up as hot spots in these maps. When you look at just numbers the DCVZ on the Palmer divide cranks out alot of spinning storms. They are usually small and weak and not the wedge beasts of Oklahoma but if you get a storm like Simla or Cheyenne Wells you can get 9 tornadoes out of it.

 

[William Reid]

Los Angeles County ---- MUCH more tornadic than Douglas County, Nebraska (where Omaha is located). No reason to move back east to my mom's home town...

 

[calvinkaskey]

La prob has horrible traffic, weak short lived tornadoes and every tornado is likely counted.