What are the most tornado prone cities in the United States?

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Ben Walsh

My list would be:
1. Oklahoma City, OK
2. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
3. Tulsa, OK
4. Wichita, KS
5. Huntsville, AL
6. Saint Louis, MO
7. Indianapolis, IN
8. Kansas City, MO
9. Birmingham, AL
10. Jackson, MS

Anyone agree or disagree? Add your comments below. I'm willing to receive some feedback!

Answer
Updated to add more data...

This is how the weather channel ranks the top 10 cities:

(Dr. Greg Forbes) Based on record from 1950-2000.

1 Clearwater, FL
2 Oklahoma City, OK
3 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
4 New Orleans, LA
5 Tulsa, OK
6 Houston, TX
7 Melbourne, FL
8 Indianapolis, IN
9 Lubbock, TX
10 Fort Worth, TX

To see the entire list and stats, click on the following link
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/city-tornado-density_2011-03-10

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The following is based on your list. Looking at your list, this gives you the rank given by NOAA . However, this is not the average number by the city. Instead, the ranking number is based on the area around and including the city based on the radar coverage area. I can only put 9 of the 10 links here since Yahoo due to Yahoo answers limit on the nmber of links you can put on one answer. But you can easily look that up and any other community from any of these 9 links listed here.. Data rank based on frequency per square mile for the area of the radar sites. Data period: 1980 - 2006.

Oklahoma City, OK - NOAA ranking - #1
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/TLX.html

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX - #17
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/FWS.html

Tulsa, OK #13
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/INX.html

Wichita, KS #7
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/ICT.html

Huntsville, AL #42
http://www.spc.noa1a.gov/climo/online/rda/HTX.html

Saint Louis, MO #24
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/LSX.html

Indianapolis, IN #34
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/IND.html

Kansas City, MO #38
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/EAX.html

Birmingham, AL #35
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/rda/BMX.html

Jackson, MS #20

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The followist was from the Fourwinds10.com. Top 10 Tornado prone cities ranked by tornadoes per 1,000 miles. Data sources from the National Climatic Data Center.

1. Oklahoma City , Oklahoma
2. Tulsa , Oklahoma
3. Dallas - Ft. Worth , Texas
4. Wichita , Kansas
5. Springfield , Missouri
6. Kansas City , Kansas / Missouri
7. Ft. Smith , Arkansas
8. Little Rock , Arkansas
9. Jackson , Mississippi
10. Birmingham , Alabama

/www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/environment/weather_and_climate/news.php?q=1307460013

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The following list was put out by Engineering Analysis Inc in 1998
Based on the latest National Weather Service data for tornadic ac
tivity from 1950 through 1997

1 Huntsville, AL
2 Topeka, KS
3 Oklahoma City, OK
4 Little Rock, AR
5 Tulsa, OK
6 Pasadena, TX
7 Cedar Rapids, IA
8 Minneapolis, MN
9 Houston, TX
10 Cincinnati, OH

www.mindspring.com/~eai/EAIprs06.html

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The folowing was from a press release put out by Risk Meter, a hazzard mapping company

1.) Aurora, CO
2.) St. Petersburg, FL
3.) Houston, TX
4.) Hollywood, FL
5.) Sioux Falls, SD
6.) Little Rock, AR
7.) Dallas, TX
8.) Ames, IA
9.) Oklahoma City,
10.) Bloomington, IL

www.riskmeter.com/RiskMeter/press%20releases/Tornado%20Release%20November06.pdf

Where can I find the latest voting tallies?

eldude

I want exit poll information, that will be fine for me. Thanks for trying to backhand compliment me there too btw, aren't you a doll.

Answer
No numbers available until the polls close at 8 PM. After that, just turn on the TV to any news channel.

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