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 ...

The 2025 tornado season was good to this novice storm chaser, with a half-dozen twisters in the books. What will next year bring? We’ll see. An EF-U tornado with invisible vortex churns up dust in ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Following last week’s three confirmed tornadoes, I figured we should continue the conversation for this week’s WEATHER WEDNESDAY and specifically explore the question: How does a ...

A double-tornado picture captured by weather photographer Kelly DeLay is taking the world by storm. The image, snapped Thursday near Simla, Colo., shows a massive supercell — a thunderstorm with a ...

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis isn’t a stranger when it comes to tornadoes in the area. RELATED: St. Louis' annual tornado count on pace to rival record-high This year alone, the National Weather Service (NWS) ...

The tornado season in the southwestern U.S. typically runs from late March to mid-June. But as June morphs into July, tornado alley tends to meander up into the midwestern plains, particularly the ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) -- The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association are reflecting on the devastating tornado outbreak of December 10-11, 2021. This event marked the ...

In about 15 minutes, Tempe recorded nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. A supercell thunderstorm forms when wind speed and direction change with height, a phenomenon called wind shear.

Supercells are basically thunderstorms on steroids. These storms create some of the most violent tornadoes and can leave a path of incredible destruction. A supercell is a powerful, long-lived ...