Weld County Colorado Is Hit By More Tornadoes Than Anywhere Else In The Us

If you don’t fancy ending up like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, you might was to avoid one particular county in Colorado.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a report detailing the most tornado-prone counties in the country, and the results are a little surprising.

Weld, Colorado earned the unfortunate distinction of being the most tornado-prone county in the country. Yes, Colorado – Kansas doesn’t have a monopoly on twisters after all.

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What’s especially startling is that the county of Weld doesn’t fall within the swathe of Great Plains countryside known as “Tornado Alley.”

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This means that moving out of the accepted twister hot spots may not guarantee you won’t be affected.

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However, it’s important to understand the difference between tornado density and the overall number of tornadoes an area might experience over the course of a year.

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The county of Weld might look small on the map, but it’s actually about half the size of Israel.

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This means even though it gets plenty of tornadoes per year, it’s not like twisters are touching down within feet of each other all day, every day. Storms are dispersed over a large land area.

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Still, visitors to Weld might do well to keep a watchful eye on the horizon.