Often, with supercell or "tornadic" thunderstorms, there's rotation in the storm itself. "It can look like the storm itself ...

The National Weather Service has officially rated the tornado that hit Lincoln County near Garrett Bridge on Jan. 5.

Correction A previous version of this story listed the record the number of 1,817 tornadoes being recorded in 2024 instead of 2004 in the second paragraph. EAU CLAIRE — The year gone by was an ...

While there are caveats to rating tornadoes by their damage, these F/EF5 tornadoes are rare, particularly in December. Of the 59 such tornadoes since 1950 to achieve that rating, only the 1957 ...

A tornado warning was issued around the same time ... "a high confidence forecast of multiple intense tornadoes (rated EF2-EF5)." The designation only happens in around 7% of tornado watches ...

On May 22 2011 the unthinkable happened an EF5 34 to 1 mile wide tornado developed within seconds and tore through the heart of Joplin Missouri Leaving in its wake complete and total destruction ...

Violent tornadoes — those rated F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 — are much rarer. Only 89 such tornadoes were reported during the same time period, accounting for 0.9% of all tornadoes. In fact, only six ...

The tornado watch in Texas has been tagged a "Particularly Dangerous Situation," which is only assigned to a tornado watch when the Storm Prediction Center has "a high confidence forecast of multiple ...