Why does California not get many tornadoes?

Question

Why does California not get many tornadoes?

Answer 1

tornados form from a very specific type of atmospheric condition....like many other weather phenomena that condition has to be fullfilled perfectly or the weather event wont happen....the fact that california is on the west coast means it will not see tornados because most tornados form after a super cell thunderstorm has been over land for a long time (that is why they get them in the midwest).  Also the mountains in and around california prevent those thunderstorms from forming because as the storms move over mountains the energy sources they rely on are lost....