U.S. tornadoes that occur outside the U.S. … the continental U.S. that is!
We're all familiar with Tornado Alley and that much of the continental U.S. faces at least some risk from tornadoes.…
Author: Kathryn Prociv
B.A. and M.S. at Virginia Tech in geography with an emphasis in geospatial technology and meteorology. Meteorologist and contributor for the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. See full bio.
Discussing the Super Outbreaks of 1974 and 2011: Was one more “super” than the other?
April is the most volatile month for tornadoes, with plenty of years featuring not a ton of activity, but seemingly…
North Carolina’s largest tornado outbreak – April 16, 2011
The magnitude of the Super Outbreak of 2011 often overshadows a separate historic tornado outbreak that occurred earlier in the…
Looking back at the April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak
Let's look at the April 1974 outbreak from a different, visual perspective. We use maps to first look at the…
Tornadoes don’t happen in mountains. Or do they? Debunking the myth.
Mountain tornadoes are less common than their flat-land dwelling brethren, but they do happen. An examination by region and a…
Understanding basic tornadic radar signatures
When tracking storms on radar, some of the most visually impressive and complex looking storms are tornadic supercells. They often…