Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...
Friday, May 31, 1985, was a spring day like any other. Trees and flowers were in full bloom, Memorial Day weekend was in the rearview mirror, and most residents of Pennsylvania, Ohio and southern ...
Some weather events were not just impactful – they also served as the instigator for significant leaps forward in the field of meteorology. June 20, 1957, 68 years ago, was one of those days. That ...
Big, strong, violent tornadoes don't happen that often around here. That all changed on May 31, 1985. At the time, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center noted that the atmosphere was ready for an ...
BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — More than 20 tornadoes occurred across North Dakota during the severe weather outbreak and derecho event on June 20, earlier this year. One of these tornadoes has made history ...
For the first time in 12 years, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, the most powerful type of twister on the Enhanced Fujita wind and damage scale, the National Weather Service confirmed ...
COLOME, S.D. — The most powerful tornado in South Dakota history, which cut through Tripp County on Saturday, May 8, 1965, and spun winds over 200 miles per hour, spawned from a storm just south of ...
For the first time in 12 years, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, the most powerful type of twister on the Enhanced Fujita wind and damage scale, the National Weather Service confirmed ...
We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...