ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. – Colorado’s first tornado of 2018 was hardly impressive, manifesting as a swirl of dust in an open Elbert County field Monday. A tornado is defined as a rotating column of air connected to the surface beneath a thunderstorm. Although condensation in the circulation often occurs and makes tornadoes highly visible, some…
Some Leander residents didn’t receive tornado warning
The City of Leander is looking into why some residents didn’t receive a notification regarding Sunday’s tornado. Others say they received the notification after it swept through. Leander resident Andrew Thompson says he and his wife woke up to strong winds and hail. “I looked out the window and saw things flying down the street.”…
Officials confirm EF1 tornado touched down outside the town of Bedford on Saturday
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg released a statement Monday afternoon confirming an EF1 tornado touched down outside the town of Bedford at 9:36 p.m. Saturday. Officials with a National Weather Service damage assessment team were in Bedford County on Monday assessing the damage. The team said the tornado’s winds reached about 90 mph, according…
NWS: Tornado touched down on north side of Leander
LEANDER, Texas — The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Williamson County east of Leander. The 90mph winds ripped apart trees and damaged several homes along the way. The tornado lasted about 21 minutes and traveled for about five miles. One home, on Hero’s Way east of Hwy 183, suffered extensive…
Four tornadoes in 2 hours made it New York’s worst May outbreak in 16 years
Four twisters touched down in the Hudson Valley Tuesday in two hours’ time, making the event the worst May outbreak in New York in 16 years. When you add the stealth tornado that rolled through the Finger Lakes 12 days earlier, this becomes the most tornadic May in 16 years as well — with nearly…
National Weather Service confirms 2 tornadoes near Pleasant Hope, Mo. Saturday
PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. — The National Weather Service confirms not one, but two tornadoes Saturday in the Pleasant Hope, Mo. area. Assessment teams rated both of the storms EF-1 twisters producing at least 100 mile-per-hour winds. The first tornado hit around 6:25 p.m. two miles northwest of Pleasant Hope. It lasted for about 2.3 miles.…
Tornadoes spotted in Box Elder County
An intense thunderstorm rolled through portions of Box Elder County on Thursday, May 17th. The storm spawned some funnel clouds which were spotted in a few different locations. According to Box Elder County Public Information Officer Mitch Zundel, county officials received three calls reporting tornadoes near Park Valley, Curlew Junction and Snowville. “The first two…
Possible tornado touches down in north-central Oklahoma
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — The National Weather Service in Tulsa says a possible tornado has touched down in north-central Oklahoma. Meteorologist Joe Sellars says the potential twister was only on the ground briefly Saturday afternoon between the towns of Fairfax and Ralston, west of Pawhuska, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Tulsa. No injuries…
Moore: 5 years after a deadly tornado
May 20, 2018 marks five years since a tornado outbreak that killed more than 20 people in central Oklahoma. A tornado formed and moved through the Moore area, leaving behind devastation and becoming the deadliest tornado in the country that year. The setup It was day three in a stretch of severe weather across the…
May 4 New Hampshire Tornado Was One of New England’s Longest on Record, NWS Says
A New Hampshire tornado in early May was one of the longest tornadoes on record to track through New England, the National Weather Service said. According to a just-completed NWS damage survey, a tornado was in progress May 4 south-southeast of Charlestown, New Hampshire, just east of the Vermont border in Sullivan County. It then…