F5/EF-5 Tornadoes: The 0.1 Percenters that Can’t be Ignored
F5/EF-5 tornadoes are a force of nature most folks hope to never come face-to-face with. From 1950-2010, they made up…
Author: Ian Livingston
Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang.
Tornado Weekly: March 18-24, 2012
On March 18, 2012 one of the first Plains storm chase opportunities of the year focused on the Texas panhandle…
A first crack at U.S. tornado days, the 1991-2010 numbers
I recently posted graphs showing the raw totals of tornadoes both by month and by day. They indicated a monthly peak…
March tornado deaths since 1950
We took a cursory look at March tornado deaths in the general overview of March tornadoes — there were 676…
U.S. Tornadoes, the flickr photo group
Pictures of tornadoes are usually pretty amazing, right? We think so. We’ve recently started up a group on flickr called…
Total U.S. Tornadoes by Month and by Day
Tornadoes can happen — and have happened — all year long, though spring and summer are well known as the…
The March 13, 1990 Central U.S. Tornado Outbreak and the Hesston/Goessel F5s
Before April 27, 2011, this 1990 outbreak was the last to produce two or more F5/EF-5s. We look at the…
U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution’s “Queries Relative to Tornadoes,” circa 1860s
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
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
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
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
At least 54 tornadoes have been confirmed thus far (as of late yesterday) with the March 2012 tornado outbreak. Its…