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 ...

WASHINGTON — Numerous tornado warnings were issued throughout the night Friday. The National Weather Service issued more than a dozen Tornado Warnings in the DMV within hours. What is a Tornado ...

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 ...

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Forecasters do a lot of work behind the scenes to make sure the public is informed of weather emergencies. For tornadoes, the first step of that process happens right in the middle of what's known ...

A tornado swept through Grinnell, Kansas, on Sunday evening, causing widespread damage just over a week after the National Weather Service announced it was cutting around-the-clock staffing at its ...

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Knoxville, Oak Ridge and surrounding communities, but that has expired. The weather service received a report of a downed tree in Powell ...

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 ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service in La Crosse confirmed three tornadoes touched down in Clark County. First, an EF-0 in Loyal, with a maximum wind speed of 85 mph. Secondly, An EF-1 tornado in ...

IT WAS AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE MAY WITH SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS ALL AROUND IOWA. OVER 300 TORNADO REPORTS SO FAR NATIONWIDE. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE WARNINGS HERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY EXCEPT IN IOWA.