Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...
A tornado touched down south of Port Orchard just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed. The tornado was rated as an EF-2 with wind speeds up to 120-130 mph, according to ...
Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually spawn these rotating columns of air. Supercells are severe thunderstorms with intense, rotating ...
In A Nutshell Scientists identified atmospheric patterns that appear up to an hour before tornadoes form, potentially paving the way for earlier warnings than the current 15-minute average ...
MIKE MOSS SAYS: Tina, Once a thunderstorm produces a tornado, it becomes severe by default whether it satisfies the other criteria for severe storms (hail of .75 inch or greater diameter and/or wind ...
Dramatic footage shows a suspected tornado forming above Marsden, West Yorkshire, on Monday, 21 July. Bradleigh Hancock, 47, filmed the swirling cloud after his daughter spotted it near the A62. The ...