Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...
Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually spawn these rotating columns of air. Supercells are severe thunderstorms with intense, rotating ...
While tornadoes are more common in some parts of the U.S. and at certain times of year, they can happen anywhere, any time.
In this short NASA documentary, storm researcher Tim Samaras describes how satellite imaging can help predict tornadoes. Because it's unclear exactly how various weather conditions come together to ...
Nearly 900 tornadoes have torn through more than 30 states so far this year, killing dozens of people, shredding buildings and landscapes across big chunks of the Eastern U.S., and costing billions.
A tornado touched down south of Port Orchard just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed. The tornado was rated as an EF-2 with wind speeds up to 120-130 mph, according to ...
On Friday at 5:38 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated tornado watch in effect until Saturday at midnight for Bucks County. A Tornado watch serves as an early warning that conditions ...
At 11:53 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in effect until Saturday at midnight for Bucks County. A Tornado watch is your advance warning that conditions are ripe for ...