Let’s look at the tornado warnings issued that day, and if those warnings were effectively placed and timed for your safety. Michigan’s severe weather warnings are covered by five National ...

WASHINGTON -- As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency's office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as ...

Two tornadoes that tore across parts of Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties on Sunday, leaving dozens of destroyed or damaged buildings in their wake, were rated EF2, National Weather Service ...

Weather watch and warning designations both are meant to help keep you safe, but with a specific definition and level of caution for each. A watch means a tornado is possible, while a warning ...

The Goodland, Kansas office, also hit by tornadoes and severe storms, is closing at night. So are Sacramento and Hanford in California, with weather monitoring duties during that period turned ...

Estimates vary with height and exposure. Wisconsin has had tornadoes that are rated EF-U, standing for EF-Unknown. The National Weather Service rates a tornado an EF-U when the tornado's intensity ...

Forecasters warned of another bout of severe storms headed for the central U.S. this week, days after extreme weather, including tornadoes, killed at least 29 people in some of the same regions.

As deadly tornadoes tore through Kentucky and other parts of the country this weekend, timely warnings from the National Weather Service helped save lives. But behind the scenes, staffing ...

but a tornado has not yet been sighted or indicated by weather radar. A tornado watch may also include severe thunderstorms with the potential for winds of 58 mph or higher and/or hail 1 inch in ...

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A tornado touched down during storms that rolled through Southeast Indiana and Southwest Ohio Friday, May 16. According to the National Weather Service, the EF1 tornado touched down in Ripley and ...

The traditional tornado alley was often cited as including states that are part of or border the Great Plains Region of the U.S., including Missouri, but as advancements in climate and weather ...