Tornado Speed One of the most striking attributes of tornadoes is their incredible speed. The wind speeds within a tornado ...

The National Weather Service warned that rain and flooding would intensify throughout the evening until around 10 p.m., ...

Typically associated with a funnel-shaped cloud, waterspouts form mostly in warm, humid conditions and usually occur in coastal areas or over lakes. [3] While they may look like tornadoes ...

The study only included land-based tornadoes (not waterspouts) as they pose more of a threat to life and property. Lead author of the paper Kelsey Mulder, of the School of Earth, Atmospheric and ...

The roofs of some buildings were torn off and trees were uprooted. Waterspouts occur when a tornado forms over oceans, rivers or lakes. They usually disperse after a few minutes, but they can pose ...

Florida Severe Weather Awareness Week is Feb. 3-7, 2025, to increase awareness of and preparedness for severe weather hazards ...

As pockets of snow work through Western Washington, a few of them have been vigorous enough to produce something very unusual ...

Storm chasers and their pursuit of tornadoes caught the public's imagination in 1996, with the release of Hollywood blockbuster "Twister". Its sequel, the imaginatively named "Twisters", opens for ...

Thunderstorms: Unstable air will arrive overnight, increasing the chance of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, waterspouts, and possibly tornadoes. A Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch ...

Hawaii is under severe weather warnings, including high winds, thunderstorms, and flash floods, as a storm approaches.