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Tornado Threat Forecast: April 29-May 5, 2013
Tornado Threat Forecast

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 29-May 5, 2013

Help me MJO Kenobi, you’re my only hope. Tis desperate times for chasers as we head into the month of…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Weekly: April 21-27, 2013
Tornado Digest

Tornado Weekly: April 21-27, 2013

Our new norm during peak tornado months seems to be "quiet." This final full week of April 2013 was about…
Ian Livingston
Discussing the Super Outbreaks of 1974 and 2011: Was one more “super” than the other?
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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…
Kathryn Prociv
Tornado Threat Forecast: April 25-May 1, 2013
Tornado Threat Forecast

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 25-May 1, 2013

The “later than usual because I took a really long nap” edition. Very little activity expected as we get closer…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: April 22-28, 2013
Tornado Threat Forecast

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 22-28, 2013

1-3 DAY Monday Oklahoma, far southern Kansas — POTENTIAL: Low — CONFIDENCE: High Storms that develop in the warm sector…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Weekly: April 14-20, 2013
Tornado Digest

Tornado Weekly: April 14-20, 2013

Another week, another winterlike storm system traversing the country. Predictions of large a large tornado event in the Plains didn't…
Ian Livingston
April 2011: The most tornadoes on record in April
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April 2011: The most tornadoes on record in April

In a "Perfect Tornado Year," April 2011 is arguably the perfect tornado month. 758 tornadoes touched down on 21 different…
Ian Livingston
Tornado Threat Forecast: April 18-24, 2013
Tornado Threat Forecast

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 18-24, 2013

1-3 DAY Thursday Southeastern Midwest, western Southeast — POTENTIAL: High — CONFIDENCE: Normal The main/only risk for tornadoes will be…
Mark Ellinwood
North Carolina’s largest tornado outbreak – April 16, 2011
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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…
Kathryn Prociv
Tornado Threat Forecast: April 15-21, 2013
Tornado Threat Forecast

Tornado Threat Forecast: April 15-21, 2013

The main tornado threat will be Wednesday and Thursday across the southern Plains and the central and southern Mississippi Valley,…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Weekly: April 7-13, 2013
Tornado Digest

Tornado Weekly: April 7-13, 2013

The second week of April began with much anticipation as a strong upper-level trough pushed out into the Plains. Instead,…
Ian Livingston
Map: April 14-15, 2012 Tornado Outbreak
Tornado Maps Tornado Outbreaks

Map: April 14-15, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

The largest outbreak of 2012 targeted mainly open terrain but deadly tornadoes impacted Oklahoma after dark. We map out the…
Katie Wheatley

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