TOR:CON is a 0-to-10 scale used by Storm Team 55 to show how likely tornadoes are within 50 miles of your area. It helps explain tornado risk before storms form, ...

Tornadoes are among the most powerful atmospheric phenomena on Earth, capable of transforming calm skies into destructive ...

The four tornadoes that hit southwest Michigan, one of which was the deadliest to hit the state since 1980, mark an early start for state's tornado season.

Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

The tornado season has gone for a long and fairly quiet run, but someone has finally asked about the rating scale for tornado intensity. That is often referred to as the F scale. The F comes from a ...

For many years, we have associated the most dangerous tornadoes in a region known as “Tornado Alley,” a large region of the ...

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On Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down and traveled through ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12-year “drought” of EF5 tornadoes has ended, after the National Weather Service upgraded a tornado in North Dakota to EF5 status. The tornado touched down near Enderlin, North ...