Anyone feel free to correct me, but I think that is an erroneous statement. It may be statistically true (or not), but I see no reason for the dynamics to be different so that there would be more tornadic activity with a west coast storm. The hurricane doesn't care where it landfalls. Look in the Hurricane ask/tell forum for a thread on hurricane-spawned tornadoes for a more detailed discussion. Perhaps you can ask the question there, and someone much wiser than I (which is like about 90% of the people here) will answer it.

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Oh... I think you are talking about tornadoes that either coast recieves, and not what the storm produces (?). If you go to the thread in the ask tell forum, it explains the process of hurricane spawned tornados, and how they mostly form in the outer circulation and feeder bands. Perhaps that is what you are refering to. I think you guys should really take this line of thought there.