Residents were forced to run for cover when a freak tornado tore through a British town. The twister left a trail of destruction in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, on Friday evening – causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Tiles were ripped off shop roofs and debris was left scattered across roads and gardens as the tornado…
Hurricane Matthew: NASA reports limited initial damage to Kennedy Space Center
NASA is reporting limited initial damage to Kennedy Space Center from Hurricane Matthew, which brushed Cape Canaveral early Friday. In a statement at 9:45 a.m. ET, the agency said that the hurricane had passed offshore from Cape Canaveral and was north of Kennedy Space Center. At 8:45 a.m ET NASA had reported that Matthew was…
The Tornado East Texas Never Saw Coming – And Why They May Not See The Next One
In an era of high-tech radar, high-speed internet and aggressive weather coverage online and on television, it’s rare for anyone paying attention to be caught off-guard by a life-threatening storm. But one small East Texas town was hit by a life-threatening tornado Sunday without any advance notice – and there’s nothing to stop it from…
Lightning takes out NWS radar in Slidell
A lighting strike disabled the National Weather Service’s radar in Slidell at 4:53 p.m., forecasters said. The service’s Lake Charles office is backing up the Slidell office, which is also relying on radars at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and in Mobile, Ala. “Initial indications are the radar will be down for a…
Magnetohydrodynamic Theory of Tornadoes
NASA investigation of plasma phenomena in the solar system, including Voyager and Cassini data, lightning and storms and aurora comparisons between Earth and Saturn, MMS satellite measurements of near earth space weather, terrestrial gamma ray flash (TGF) generation by storms here on earth, and participation of the Global Electric Circuit in storm activity (proposed by…
The Last Leap Day Was Marred by a Tornado Outbreak
The last Leap Day wasn’t just a curiosity of the Gregorian calendar. February 29, 2012, landed in the midst of a late-winter tornado outbreak stretching from Nebraska to east Tennessee. The so-called Leap Day outbreak actually began the previous day with a pair of tornadoes north of North Platte, Nebraska. They were weak – rated EF0 -…
Tornado Alert – The World’s first personal tornado, lightning and severe weather detector
Tornado Alert is a scientific breakthrough based upon over 40 years of research. Unlike existing warning technologies, Tornado Alert constantly monitors the skies in real-time for electrical activity, the scientifically proven cause of tornado formation. Tornado Alert will tell you when a tornado, lightning or severe weather is detected within a 30 mile radius of…
NWS survey teams confirm 10 tornadoes in Louisiana, Mississippi
Official sent out survey teams Wednesday to begin investigating the reports of tornadoes across parishes and counties in the two states. In the WDSU viewing area, two people were killed while thousands of others were left to rebuild. The preliminary reports from the survey teams were released Wednesday afternoon. Nine tornadoes were confirmed in southern…
2015 a Record-Setting Year for Tornadoes in Texas
Texas recorded 244 tornadoes last year making it the highest number of twisters to ever touch down in the Lone Star State since the record keeping began in 1950. The tornadoes claimed 17 lives. The violent weather was responsible for 16 weather catastrophes last year, which produced three times as many insurance claims than any…
50 years later: Looking back on the Candlestick Park F5 tornado
JACKSON, Miss.– On March 3, 1966, one of the most devastating tornadoes in Mississippi history occurred. This tornado would come to be known as the “Candlestick Park” tornado, named after a shopping center in south Jackson which was totally destroyed by the tornado. This tornado is one of only two documented F5 tornadoes to touch…