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							Mon 31 Jan, 2005 03:32 pm
						
						
					
					
					
						I read in a magazine that 85% of tornadoes come from the southwest.  Why does this occur?
					
				 
				
						
														
					
												Here is a cool site about tornados:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#The Basics
"Tornado Alley" is really in the mid-west or central USA.  The Rocky mountains, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Plains all play a part in the high incidence of tornados in that part of the country.