Tornado!!!?

Question

Can a tornado touch down into downtown Chicago?

Answer 1

Absolutely, however most of the time they never do.

We never thought one would hit downtown Fort Worth, but it did.

Most cities create enough of an updraft from the heat that a city produces that the tornado can't get in, however with a large tornado, the updraft won't be strong enough to keep it away.

Answer 2

Yes, and already have.
I've copied this bit of the article because it takes a lot of scrolling to get to it.

: Why haven't tornadoes hit downtown Chicago?

A: Tornadoes have occurred in downtown Chicago, just not very often. On May 6, 1876, a tornado went through what is now the Loop. Several have hit north of downtown around Evanston since the 1950s, and in 1961 and again in 1967 tornadoes hit just south of the University of Chicago campus.

History shows that tornadoes can hit big cities. You will find a map showing the paths of all of the tornadoes to hit the Chicago area from 1876 through 1995 in the book U.S. Tornadoes, Part 1, 70-year Statistics by T. Theodore Fujita, published by the University of Chicago in 1987. Fujita, for whom the 1-5 tornado ranking scale is named, was at
the University of Chicago from 1953 until he died in 1998.

If you are in the Chicago area, you should be able to find a copy of the book in a local library, or — I certainly hope — in the university's library. In it, he notes that: "Since 1921, practically no tornadoes occurred or moved across the central portion of Chicago." He says some have speculated that the city's heat-island effects (the fact that cities are warmer than surrounding areas), and man-made structures "are acting against any tornado activity over the city." But, as the tornadoes that have hit other cities have shown, the heat or buildings of a city can't guarantee that it's safe from tornadoes.

The USATODAY.com Researching tornado history page is the place to begin looking for more information on Chicago's tornado history.

Even in the parts of the country that tornadoes hit the most, tornadoes are really rare events. This combined with good luck could be the reason why hardly any tornadoes have hit Chicago since 1921.

(Answered by Jack Williams, USATODAY.com weather editor, June 13, 2002)

Answer 3

It can happen really anywhere. Yes a tornado can touchdown in chicago. It has happened there before. It was a long time ago.

Answer 4

Yes it can! A tornado hit salt lake city and that is between 2 mountains. A tornado can form and hit anyplace. {Ok maybe not the polar caps, not sure about that.

Answer 5

Yes,one hit downtown Nashville about 5 yrs ago.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

oh man. i'm scared now. i live downtown. when is tornado season? haha

Answer 8

Don't know but you have the Saints marching in on Sunday.

Answer 9

Yes, if the weather conditions are right.

Answer 10

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