PRESS RELEASE
V
ORTEK LLCMOST TORNADO-PRONE SPOT IN TEXAS
IS NORTHEAST OF TWITTY IN WHEELER COUNTY
January 14, 2008
As part of an ongoing tornado research project, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT) 3.0 software, and based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 2006, the VorTek staff have determined the most tornado-prone point in Texas, originally identified in April 2003, remains at latitude 35o 21’ N, longitude 100o 10’ W, which corresponds to a location 4.6 miles northeast of Twitty, 3.9 miles east of US 83, 1.4 miles north of Ranch 2200 Road. During the 57-year period noted, 67 tornado track segments have touched down or passed within 20 miles of this point. This includes twenty-nine F0 tornadoes, fifteen F1, seven F2, ten F3, and six F4. If the total land area disturbed by these tornadoes is divided by the land area within the 20-mile circle, on an annual basis the average fraction of land disturbed (or Annual Coverage Fraction) equals 1.0225 x 10-3 or 0.10225%, which is the largest value for any point within Texas.
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