Tornado Chasing Tornado Climatology Tornado Maps
Tornado Chasing: Mapping the typical peak since 1990, plus longer-term climatology
Want to look back at how past storm chase season's progressed? We've got the maps for you!
Tornado Threat Forecast
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 2-8, 2013
1-3 DAY Thursday No tornadic activity expected. Friday Eastern Gulf Coast — POTENTIAL: Very Low — CONFIDENCE: High There will…
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…
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…
Tornado Climatology Tornado Education Tornado History Tornado Maps Tornado Outbreaks
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tornado History Tornado Outbreaks
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…
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…
Tornado Maps Tornado Must Reads Tornado Outbreaks
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…
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,…