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.…
The May 22, 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado The Joplin tornado will forever be burned into our memories. We look at how it happened and what it did.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
March 1976: The most tornadoes on record in March In March 1976, 180 tornadoes touched down. The most in any March. Find out why in our in depth look…
The Perfect Tornado Year 3,300+ tornadoes in one year. Crazy? Yes, and no. It's happened, just not in consecutive months across one season!
The early days of storm chasing video While not necessarily mainstream, storm chasing is much more common these days compared to the past. Some crazy footage came…
Tornado Damage Surveys and Ratings: Why Pictures Don’t Tell the Whole Story Almost as much as tornado videos go viral, pictures of damage are quickly spread with speculation as to what rating…
U.S. Tornado History: Early American thought presented in textbooks of the 1800s Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. It wasn't until the 1800s that advances…