Definitions for "Tornado alley"
Keywords:  iowa, nebraska, alley, texas, stretches
A pathway in the United States running from Texas to Nebraska and Iowa. States in this path experience more tornadoes than others. But tornadoes can occur anywhere in U.S., not just in Tornado Alley
An area stretching from Texas though Iowa, where many U.S. tornadoes touch down
A geographic corridor in the United States which stretches north from Texas to Nebraska and Iowa. In terms of sheer numbers, this section of the United States receives more tornadoes than any other.
This region's abundance of tornadoes is made possible by the collision of cold fronts from Canada and warm fronts from the Gulf of Mexico.