Tornado Reports are Reports, Not Tornadoes
Look at all those dots! SPC heavily notes they are "reports," yet over and over these reports are called individual…
Author: Ian Livingston
Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang.
Significant April Tornadoes in the United States
Out of 7,885 tornadoes total in April (1950-2011), 2,161 — or 27% — were rated as significant F2/EF-2+ tornadoes. In…
April 14, 2012 Tornado Outbreak Regional Radar and Visible Satellite Loops
Full event loop of regional radar + daytime loop of visible satellite. A quick way to relive the only major…
Tornado Weekly: April 8-14, 2012
A much-touted tornado outbreak arrived on April 14 as a strong upper-level low pushed out into the Plains. Kansas was…
Videos from the April 13, April 14 and April 15, 2012 Tornado Outbreak Sequence
A major outbreak of tornadoes -- centered on Kansas -- hit the Plains in mid-April. Numerous strong tornadoes occurred in…
Tornado Chasing: Q&A with Veteran Storm Chaser Amos Magliocco
Amos Magliocco caught his first supercell in 1996, and has been hooked ever since. Currently residing in the southern part…
F0/EF-0 through F5/EF-5 U.S. Tornado Trends, Plus a Look at Oklahoma and Alabama
Over the past few weeks there have been a number of searches for graphs showing F0/EF-0 through F5/EF-5 tornado trends since records…
Violent F4/EF-4 and F5/EF-5 Tornadoes in the United States since 1950
Combined, violent tornadoes make up a still rather meager 1 percent of all tornadoes, but they caused 64 percent of…
Tornado Weekly: April 1-7, 2012
The first week of April was dominated by a tornado outbreak around Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas on the 3rd.…
U.S. Tornadoes: The Month of April by the Numbers
Tornado season ramps up quite strongly during April, but the month is often defined by substantial outbreaks intermixed with quieter…
The April 3, 2012 Dallas/Fort Worth Tornado Outbreak Compared to Past Events
As seen in the map posted yesterday, if it’s April, north Texas sure looks like a hot spot for tornado…
Tornado Weekly: March 25-31, 2012
The final week of March was one full of minor tornado threats, but very little in the way of eventual…