Is it true that if a tornado hit Pennsylvania it would bounce off the mountains and have no way out?

Question

Is it true that if a tornado hit Pennsylvania it would bounce off the mountains and have no way out?

Answer 1

Tornados have their optimum locations and non-ideal paths as well.  There could be any number of reasons for attracting and repelling them.

The National Weather Service runs this National Weather Center...

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in Oklahoma to conduct research to address these issues.

Answer 2

no. becuase of the mountains the wind flow would be intterupted killing the tornado or weakening it. pennsylavania has has lots of tornadoes, but they arent half as strong as the midwest becuase the midwest is flat and penn. isnt