About Tornado Alley: Tornado Alley sees more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Clashing warm and cold air over the flat plains builds giant thunderstorms. Brave scientists chase the storms to learn how tornadoes form. Some tornadoes can spin faster than a race car drives

Location: The Great Plains of the central United States · Country: United States · Record: The United States gets more tornadoes than any · Why So Stormy: Warm, moist Gulf air meets cool, dry northern air over flat plains · Season: Storms peak in spring and early summer · Nature: Wide, flat farmland under huge storm skies · Notable Feature: 'Storm chasers' drive out to study the twisters · World Rank: The most tornado-prone region on Earth