Don't treat tornado watches or warnings lightly. Deadly twisters can hit in Mississippi all year. See what the weather data ...

The National Weather Service has expanded the enhanced risk warning area in Mississippi as severe weather moves in on Tuesday ...

Tornadoes are classified by wind speed using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. (It replaced the original Fujita Scale in 2007.) Storms are ranked with numbers 0-5. The National Weather Service ...

Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of ... where he co-produces the Category 6 news site at Weather Underground. He spent many years at the National Center for Atmospheric ...

but the adjusted criteria may be too stringent to allow for the strength of tornadoes to accurately be depicted. For example, a well-built home that was swept off its foundation would have received an ...

Also, an EFU category was later added for tornadoes that cannot be rated due to lack of damage ... a slight adjustment to the EF-scale's wind speed threshold for an EF5 from 201 mph to 190 mph, would ...

The National Weather Service is warning of severe weather forecasted to set in overnight in Bay County. Here's a look at what ...

Winds peaked at 160 mph when it hit Cat 5 on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Numerous tornadoes were reported before landfall, including in areas well south of the eye of the storm. Scattered tornadoes continued ...