Tornado Threat Forecast – Mar 12-18, 2012

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Note: This is the first entry from a new contributor who is a meteorologist by day and a storm chaser…

U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution’s “Queries Relative to Tornadoes,” circa 1860s

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For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United…

#OnThisDay: Selected March tornadoes

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Follow on Twitter or Facebook to see these regular daily updates as they are sent out.  Mar 1, 1948 Henderson…

How the March 2012 outbreak ranks against other deadly March tornado outbreaks

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Reports currently indicate nearly 40 people were killed by the March 2-3, 2012 tornado outbreak. An examination of other March…

Significant March tornadoes in the United States

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As briefly touched upon in the general overview of March tornadoes, significant (F2/EF-2+) only touched down 1,080 times (or 30%…

Radar images from the March 2012 tornado outbreak

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At least 54 tornadoes have been confirmed thus far (as of late yesterday) with the March 2012 tornado outbreak. Its…

March calendar day tornado records and the March 2012 outbreak

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As the March 2, 2012 tornado outbreak was kicking into high gear today, I shared the image below on Twitter…

Videos from the Historic March 2, 2012 Tornado Outbreak

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This March tornado outbreak struck the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys as well as parts of the South. Two violent tornadoes…

U.S. Tornadoes: The month of March by the numbers

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March is the oft-cited start of tornado season, though some experts rightfully point out that it never really ends --…

Leap Day Tornadoes 1952-2008

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Note: This post does not consider any additional tornadoes that are confirmed on Feb 29, 2012 with storms ongoing or…