(NEXSTAR) – Tornadoes can (and have) hit every U.S. state, but the area nicknamed Tornado Alley is probably where your mind goes when you think of dangerous twisters. This year, that's not be the region of highest concern, according to an AccuWeather severe outlook released this month.

There's no scientific boundaries to Tornado Alley, the National Severe Storms Laboratory says, and every map of the area looks slightly different. Older maps, from the 20th century, typically show a danger zone stretching from South Dakota down to Texas, covering most of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma in between.

But in more recent years, researchers have found the area of greatest danger has shifted east of that classic conception of Tornado Alley.........

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