Yes. That’s why that lower area is now called Dixie Alley. And they’ve shifted tornado alley east and north. What’s really interesting is the shift has really happened since about 2000. In part due to the massive outbreaks in 2004 and 2011 but if you look at SPC data, the top 10 busies tornado seasons have been since the mid 1990s.
- 2011: 1,894 tornadoes
- 2004: 1,820 tornadoes
- 2008: 1,685 tornadoes
- 2010: 1,543 tornadoes
- 2017: 1,522 tornadoes
- 1998: 1,440 tornadoes
- 2003: 1,374 tornadoes
- 1999: 1,364 tornadoes
- 1992: 1,312 tornadoes
- 2009: 1,305 tornadoes