Dixie Alley and Tornado Alley compared
Southeast tornadoes kill more people per storm: 21.9 deaths per 100 tornadoes against 6.0 in the Plains. A larger share come at night (24.4% against 15.4%) and in winter (30.5% against 6.2%).
Side by side
Dixie Alley here is MS, AL, TN, AR, LA, GA and KY; Tornado Alley is TX, OK, KS, NE, SD and IA. Neither term has an official boundary.
Southeast tornadoes by decade
| Tornadoes since 1950 | 15,005 | 27,024 |
| Per 10,000 square miles | 453 | 436 |
| Share rated F3/EF3 or stronger | 7.0% | 4.9% |
| Share from 9 pm to 6 am CST | 24.4% | 15.4% |
| Share from November to February | 30.5% | 6.2% |
| Mean path, miles | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| Deaths per 100 tornadoes | 21.9 | 6.0 |
| Peak month | April | May |