Travelling E to W thru N AL, MS, AR, OK & TX in April/May
With our living in Florida, I don't have a feel for the springtime weather in "tornado alley". Is this path I should avoid during April/May? Our destination is western Colorado.
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Since its impossible to predict where the bad weather will be in the future. I would say unless you want to stop in a particular place, be flexible. Last year we were heading out west on I-10 and they were predicting an extended period of bad weather on our route. We were considering staying in Pensacola for a couple of days. We woke up to a window of opportunity and I decided we should get on the road. Later in the day, they were predicting the worse weather east of I-55. We found a nice park west of there and only got a light rain, while we watched huge storms build to the east. That day Pensacola got something like 20 inches of rain and I-10 was flooded and closed.
NWS is not always right though. On our way home, we were staying in Amarillo and went to bed under no watches. In the middle of the night we woke to the sound of hail hitting the camper and it was only then that we heard the sirens going off. We quickly turned on the local tv and a tornado was on the ground about 2 miles away, moving away from us. Not sure where we would have gone anyway. The park had no shelter.
NWS is not always right though. On our way home, we were staying in Amarillo and went to bed under no watches. In the middle of the night we woke to the sound of hail hitting the camper and it was only then that we heard the sirens going off. We quickly turned on the local tv and a tornado was on the ground about 2 miles away, moving away from us. Not sure where we would have gone anyway. The park had no shelter.
