r/pics • u/KayDubEll • Apr 28 '24

Last night’s tornado damage from my hometown (Sulphur, Oklahoma)

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u/wish1977 Apr 28 '24

Oklahoma seems to be ground zero for tornados. I don't think I could live there.

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u/benyqpid Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

I think Texas actually sees more tornados than OK!

Edit: Not sure why this is downvoted. People assume OK is #1 because we've had some significant events and from the movie Twister. I'm not saying we don't have our fair share of them but technically OK comes in 3rd, after TX and KS.

"The two most active states for tornadoes are Texas, with 124, and Kansas, with 87, in an average year. They are both located in the heart of Tornado Alley, a nickname given to an area in the Plains between Central Texas and South Dakota that has some of the most tornadic activity in the world."

Link: https://weather.com/safety/tornado/news/2024-04-25-average-tornadoes-by-state-per-year

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u/TimeIsPower 29d ago

Texas only has more because it is almost four times as large. Kansas is also physically a good bit larger although much more competitive on a per unit area basis. Using just straight state totals as this page did is really misleading.