Saturday, January 28, 2012
Alabama Number One In Tornadoes
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is working to rebuild parts of his state after it was slammed with raging tornadoes multiple times over the past year.
In fact, 177 tornadoes hit Alabama in 2011 making it the state with the highest number of twisters, according to the National Weather Service.
The South saw a large increase in tornadoes in 2011. Mississippi was right behind Alabama in second place with 169 tornadoes and North Carolina was fourth with 113.
Tennessee does not lie in what is known as the "tornado alley" of the Southern Plains, but its geographical location still allows for a relatively high frequency of tornado occurrences.
Since 1830, 469 individual tornadoes that have occurred in Middle Tennessee have been catalogued. In the past decade, during which time the National Weather Service has increased its emphasis on documentation and storm surveys, Middle Tennessee has averaged nearly 16 tornadoes annually.
Lawrence County ranks 7th with the most confirmed tornadoes behind number 1, Davidson 2, Rutherford, 3, Wilson, 4, Giles, 5, Sumner, and 6, Montgomery Counties in Middle Tennessee.
Although tornado season hasn’t quite started yet for most of the country, Alabama is already ranked in the top spot for 2012, with 22 tornado strikes since New Year’s Day.
