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Why some storms turn into tornadoes

The Supercell Foundation Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually ...
Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...
When 'Twister' debuted nearly 30 years ago, it showcased some pretty new science. A lot has changed over the decades ahead of the sequel, 'Twisters.' ...
There are more tornadoes in the US than anywhere else on Earth. How do they form? This is in part because of the geography of the US. (AP video/Laura Bargfeld; Production/Shelby Lum; Animation/Eva ...
The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association are reflecting on the devastating tornado ...
He stepped outside expecting to film a distant storm, but within minutes the tornado was tearing straight toward his home. As ...
Ohio set a record for tornadoes in 2024. There were 74 confirmed tornadoes that year, according to NWS Wilmington meteorologist Kristen Cassady, more than in any other year. If you're still reeling ...
The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association are reflecting on the devastating tornado ...
Fire tornadoes formed Thursday as wildfires continue to rage in Australia, eyewitness video shows. Brenton Davis, who shot video of one of the tornadoes, said in a Facebook post that it had formed on ...
Twenty-nine years ago today an F-4 tornado crossed through our communities causing more than $100,000,000 in damage. Miraculously no one was killed and only 10 people were hurt by this tornado that ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A landspout tornado formed over Chicago's Southwest Side Tuesday afternoon. A FAA contract observer for Midway Airport spotted the landspout near Ogden and Cicero avenues around 3:48 ...
WELL. THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW. WE ALSO AT LEAST HAD QUIETER WEATHER THAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. WE GOT THESE DETAILS IN FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE LAST NIGHT ABOUT THOSE TORNADOES IN ...