Ian Livingston

Tornado Weekly: The “condense 7 weeks (May 12-June 29, 2013) into one post” version

This year's chasecation lining up with the most active time of year plus a lengthy spell of catching up at…

12 years ago

Tornado Weekly: May 5-11, 2013

The tornado drought lives on, at least for another week. Some picturesque supercells made up for lack of spiny things.

12 years ago

May 11, 1953 Waco F5: “Monster From the Skies”

One the worst tornadoes in U.S. history hit Waco in 1953. The Texas Collection at Baylor University has a fascinating…

12 years ago

Tornado Weekly: April 28-May 4, 2013

It's been a historically low activity period in the past 12 months. With just a handful of tornadoes heading into…

12 years ago

Tornado Chasing: Mapping the typical peak since 1990, plus longer-term climatology

Want to look back at how past storm chase season's progressed? We've got the maps for you!

12 years ago

Tornado Weekly: April 21-27, 2013

Our new norm during peak tornado months seems to be "quiet." This final full week of April 2013 was about…

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Tornado Weekly: April 14-20, 2013

Another week, another winterlike storm system traversing the country. Predictions of large a large tornado event in the Plains didn't…

12 years ago

April 2011: The most tornadoes on record in April

In a "Perfect Tornado Year," April 2011 is arguably the perfect tornado month. 758 tornadoes touched down on 21 different…

12 years ago

Tornado Weekly: April 7-13, 2013

The second week of April began with much anticipation as a strong upper-level trough pushed out into the Plains. Instead,…

12 years ago

Tornado Weekly: March 31 – April 6, 2013

Tornado Weekly returns, at least in a limited run for the next few months. In this first week of the…

12 years ago

Talking #Twister on Twitter

ABC Family ran a special back-to-back set of Twister. And the tweeps loved it.

12 years ago

Comparing the tornadoes of 2012 to average and to 2011

2012 tornado data was recently published by the Storm Prediction Center. We take a quick look at how it broke…

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