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5 underrated tornado chasing areas

5 underrated tornado chasing areas

When thinking tornado chasing, it's mainly the heart of the southern and central Plains that gets the most notice. But…
Quincy Vagell
Tornado Digest: April delivers the first violent tornado of 2015, and tricky forecasts this week

Tornado Digest: April delivers the first violent tornado of 2015, and tricky forecasts this week

The EF4 that hit northern Illinois was one of the strongest in the region in decades. Is there more tornado…
Ian Livingston
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925

The Tri-State Tornado of 1925

On March 18, 1925 a dark "smokey fog" touched down approximately three miles northwest of Ellington, Missouri. It would become…
James Hyde
Videos from the November 17, 2013 tornado outbreak

Videos from the November 17, 2013 tornado outbreak

A major "second season" tornado outbreak struck parts of the Midwest, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Sunday.
Ian Livingston
Tornado Weekly: May 5-11, 2013

Tornado Weekly: May 5-11, 2013

The tornado drought lives on, at least for another week. Some picturesque supercells made up for lack of spiny things.
Ian Livingston

Hurricane Isaac’s tornado production from late August through early September 2012

After hurricane Isaac made landfall across southern Louisiana late Tuesday August 28 and into early Wednesday, August 29, tornado warnings…
Ian Livingston
Tornado Weekly: March 18-24, 2012

Tornado Weekly: March 18-24, 2012

On March 18, 2012 one of the first Plains storm chase opportunities of the year focused on the Texas panhandle…
Ian Livingston
Videos from the Historic March 2, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

Videos from the Historic March 2, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

This March tornado outbreak struck the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys as well as parts of the South. Two violent tornadoes…
Ian Livingston

February tornado deaths from 1950-2010

As seen in the quick-wrap of February tornado statistics, 435 people were killed by 1,441 tornadoes from 1950-2010. Additionally, an…
Ian Livingston

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