You're probably like me and always felt that urban core areas were pretty safe from tornadoes. I seem to remember hearing TV meteorologists talk about an urban heat shield that deflected stormy weather around the heart of cities. But looking over this, that just might not be the case. In fact, significant tornadoes have hit large urban downtowns five times in the past 11 years.

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