Kathryn Prociv

B.A. and M.S. at Virginia Tech in geography with an emphasis in geospatial technology and meteorology. Meteorologist and contributor for the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. See full bio.

Halloween tornadoes: The spooky historical facts

Is the Tampa, Florida area haunted by tornadoes on Halloween? Find out that fact and more in our brief synopsis…

11 years ago

From domestic to international: Tornadoes around the world

The United States is the world leader in tornado production by a long shot, but to better understand our own…

11 years ago

U.S. tornadoes that occur outside the U.S. … the continental U.S. that is!

We're all familiar with Tornado Alley and that much of the continental U.S. faces at least some risk from tornadoes.…

11 years ago

Discussing the Super Outbreaks of 1974 and 2011: Was one more “super” than the other?

April is the most volatile month for tornadoes, with plenty of years featuring not a ton of activity, but seemingly…

12 years ago

North Carolina’s largest tornado outbreak – April 16, 2011

The magnitude of the Super Outbreak of 2011 often overshadows a separate historic tornado outbreak that occurred earlier in the…

12 years ago

Looking back at the April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak

Let's look at the April 1974 outbreak from a different, visual perspective. We use maps to first look at the…

12 years ago

Tornadoes don’t happen in mountains. Or do they? Debunking the myth.

Mountain tornadoes are less common than their flat-land dwelling brethren, but they do happen. An examination by region and a…

12 years ago

Understanding basic tornadic radar signatures

When tracking storms on radar, some of the most visually impressive and complex looking storms are tornadic supercells. They often…

12 years ago