Tornado Damage Surveys and Ratings: Why Pictures Don’t Tell the Whole Story

11 years ago

Almost as much as tornado videos go viral, pictures of damage are quickly spread with speculation as to what rating…

Understanding basic tornadic radar signatures

11 years ago

When tracking storms on radar, some of the most visually impressive and complex looking storms are tornadic supercells. They often…

Happy Birthday… to us

11 years ago

The site is a year old. Here's a quick look at where we've been and where we're going.

U.S. Tornado History: Early American thought presented in textbooks of the 1800s

11 years ago

Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. It wasn't until the 1800s that advances…

Tornado Threat Forecast: January 29-30, 2013

11 years ago

A strong upper-level disturbance will work into the Plains on Tuesday and will push into the eastern U.S. Wednesday, creating…

Largest winter tornado outbreaks in the United States

11 years ago

Tornado outbreaks happen in winter. We take a peek at the biggest in December, January and February as well as…

Strong January tornadoes in the United States

11 years ago

Most years have a handful of these F2/EF-2+ events, with the averages skewed toward years with moderate or large outbreaks.

Tornado Threat Forecast: Jan 8-9, 2013

11 years ago

A potent cut-off low will bring the risk for tornadoes to the western Gulf Coast late tomorrow into Wednesday.

January tornado climatology of the United States

11 years ago

January continues the wintertime bottom of tornado activity in the United States. The current climatological average is 35 tornadoes per…

Strong December tornadoes in the United States

11 years ago

The most damaging of tornadoes are relatively infrequent in the cool season, but they do happen, and they tend to…