Tornado Week 2013

TORNADO WEEK STARTS MON The APRIL 29 Channel Weather THE 10% OF TORNADOES WITH EF SCALE STRONGER WINDS, SOMETIMES OVER WIND SPEED 200 MPH, CAUSE 92% oOF 65-85 mph 90% OF TORNADOES 86-110 mph ARE "WEAK", WITH WINDS EST. AT TORNADO DEATHS 111-135 mph 110 136-165 mph 166-200 mph Over 200mph AN AVERAGE OF OVER 1300 TORNADOES HIT THE U.S. IN A YEAR. 58 TORNADOES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME OF DAY, BUT ARE MORE LIKELY FROM 2-7 P.M. IN "TORNADO ALLEY," VERY FEW TORNADOES OCCUR IN THE MORNING TORNADOES HAVE BEEN ON THE EF5 SCALE SINCE 1950. THE TORNADO AT JOPLIN, MO ON MAY 22, 2011 WAS THE DEADLIEST TORNADO IN THE U.S. SINCE 1947 "TORNADO ALLEY" IS TYPICALLY DEFINED AS THE REGION FROM TEXAS NORTH TO NEBRASKA THE MOST TORNADOES IN A CALENDAR DAY FOR ANY STATE WAS IN TN ON 72 APRIL 27, 2011 TWC'S MIKE BETTES WAS AMONG FIRST TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE