Tornado Weekly: March 31 – April 6, 2013
Tornado Weekly returns, at least in a limited run for the next few months. In this first week of the…
Author: Ian Livingston
Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang.
Talking #Twister on Twitter
ABC Family ran a special back-to-back set of Twister. And the tweeps loved it.
Comparing the tornadoes of 2012 to average and to 2011
2012 tornado data was recently published by the Storm Prediction Center. We take a quick look at how it broke…
March 1976: The most tornadoes on record in March
In March 1976, 180 tornadoes touched down. The most in any March. Find out why in our in depth look…
Monthly tornado averages by state and region
Tornadoes happen in May, right? Well, it depends on where you live in the country. Here's a breakdown by state…
The Perfect Tornado Year
3,300+ tornadoes in one year. Crazy? Yes, and no. It's happened, just not in consecutive months across one season!
The early days of storm chasing video
While not necessarily mainstream, storm chasing is much more common these days compared to the past. Some crazy footage came…
Happy Birthday… to us
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
Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. It wasn't until the 1800s that advances…
Largest winter tornado outbreaks in the United States
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
Most years have a handful of these F2/EF-2+ events, with the averages skewed toward years with moderate or large outbreaks.
January tornado climatology of the United States
January continues the wintertime bottom of tornado activity in the United States. The current climatological average is 35 tornadoes per…