Tornadoes shifting east in the U.S., study finds, putting more people at risk The apparent shift from the Plains to the South has perplexed researchers, who aren’t sure if the change is permanent and if climate change is playing a role.

Washington Post ^ | 06/09/2024 | Matthew Cappucci

[ChicagoConservative27]

Fifty years ago, tornadoes in the United States were most common over the Great Plains. A bull’s eye of sorts covered parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. The term “Tornado Alley” entered the American lexicon.

But in the years since, that hot spot of tornadoes has shifted markedly east. Researchers have pointed to parts of the Deep South and Tennessee Valley as being the modern-day Tornado Alley.

A study published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology in April confirms the legitimacy of this shift and highlights a change in when tornadoes are likely to occur.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Here we go..🙄

[ridesthemiles]

ANY GOOFY IDEA TO GET “NEWS” COVERAGE.

When I was a kid in Wisconsin, we had our share.

Communications are different now.

I am NOT SURE AT ALL that we are having more tornadoes——

ONLY that more people are ‘reporting’ them.

[Jane Long]

HAARDY, HAAR, HAAR.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Can you say weather modification or Geo-engineering?

[taterjay]

I agree.Radar is more extensive....Any ‘rotation’ is a tornado now.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Fifty years ago, tornadoes in the United States were most common over the Great Plains.***
REALLY? Anyone remember the outbreak of 1974? Fifty years ago? Mighty far EAST!
https://www.britannica.com/event/Super-Outbreak-of-1974

[Repeat Offender]

Also only major storms were named….Now it’s LEAF STORM HERNANDEZ COVER 10s OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES IN DEAD LEAVES MILLIONS AFFECTED!!!!!!!

[ChicagoConservative27]

Wasn’t there a tornado that went across Illinois into Indiana or something like that?. Even Missouri? Have you not being able to

[sopo]

Well, at least the headline doesn’t emphatically state that it IS due to climate change , as they usually do. Any contrary mechanism postulated is usually thrown to the winds, so to speak. IF there is a contrary mechanism responsible for such a consequential climatic event, then maybe a lot of other things not to be dismissed as “climate change again;” Mark Steyn might even get his money back,

[zeebee]

Why is it that “climate change” implies human causality?
The climate changes, and always has.

[NavyShoe]

It’s always climate change. Jeez.

[Red Badger]

Wow, we’ve never had tornadoes in The South before.......,

[BradyLS]

Check out the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Palm_Sunday_tornado_outbreak

Fifty-five tornadoes in one day spanning the midwest and southeast.

As you already know, the Great Plains, Midwest, and most of the South as a body are one vast playground for tornadoes.

[HYPOCRACY]

It’s the vaxx. Obviously.

[LukeL]

Prior to radar and mass communication 95% or more of tornadoes could go throughunreported as they would touchdown and diminish without a single person seeing it. There is just not enough data it make any accurate claim that the tornado alley we are use to is the norm.

[butlerweave]

It’s always climate change. Jeez.

But their climate change is just global warming with a new name ,LOL

[9YearLurker]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-geostorm-newest-weather-fueled-doomsday-flick-180965303/

[Bonemaker]

There is no global warming so they can rule that out.

[Pollard]

"Long term shift". That's why we can't measure it but trust us, we know it's happening and the only thing that will fix it is the middle class becoming peasants.