There is no doubt. Climatologists and meteorologists agree that Tornado Alley has shifted to the east. The Weather Channel recently highlighted findings from a study published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
Where Is The New Tornado Alley?
In it, scientists looked at tornado data from two 35-year periods: 1951 to 1985, then 1986 to 2020. According to The Weather Channel’s analysis, “The largest increase in tornadoes . . . has been from western Kentucky and the lower Ohio Valley to Mississippi and Louisiana.”
Here in western Kentucky, we have certainly felt it- most notably with the December 2021 tornado that ravaged Mayfield, Princeton, Bremen, and Dawson Springs. That EF4 was massive. Nicknamed ‘The Beast’, it lasted three hours and tracked over 160 miles.
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