What are two specific factors that meteorologists review for states that are part of Tornado Alley

The term “tornado alley” was first used in 1952 when meteorologists named a title of their study about the extreme weather in areas of Texas and Oklahoma. Texas has the most tornadoes out of all the states (about 132 annually), some parts of Texas even require strict building codes to cut down on loss of life and property damage.

Explanation:

tropical storm katrina, and it made landfall between miami and fort lauder-dale, florida, as a category 1 hurricane (a storm that, on the saffir-simpson scale, exhibits winds in the range of 74–95 miles per hour [119–154 km per hour]). sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) lashed the florida peninsula, and rainfall totals of 5 inches (13 cm) were reported in some areas. the storm spent less than eight hours over land. it quickly intensified when it reached the warm waters of the gulf of mexico.

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