Confirmed tornado in Idaho over the weekend

While the Valley was cold, with snow showers Saturday afternoon, parts of Idaho had to deal with severe storms. According to the National Weather Service, a tornado warning was issued for the Idaho Falls area around 6 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service reports a few pictures of funnel clouds from Moreland, Idaho during that…

Tornado hits Rockport area, damages homes

HOLIDAY BEACH, Texas – The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi confirmed that an EF-0 tornado slammed Holiday Beach outside Rockport early Thursday. NWS crews surveyed the areas Thursday that were hard hit along the Texas Coast. “We look at the scope of the damage, the areas that were impacted. Then we try and determine…

Tornado hits area near Fort Smith

A tornado touched down Tuesday morning in west-central Arkansas, the National Weather Service confirmed. The twister hit Bonanza, a town of fewer than 600 people about 12 miles south of Fort Smith, about 9:45 a.m., according to the agency’s Tulsa office. Winds between 75 and 85 mph damaged or destroyed several barns and snapped large…

EF-0 Tornado Confirmed in DeSoto, 30 Homes Damaged

A powerful storm blew through North Texas early Tuesday, spawning an EF-0 tornado that touched down near DeSoto, the National Weather Service says. National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Fox toured a damaged DeSoto neighborhood Tuesday afternoon and estimated the winds there reached 85 miles per hour. “It is a very narrow, but very intentional path,”…

Cleanup continues on East Side following ‘as rare as you can get’ tornado

City streets and forestry crews, utility crews and private contractors are continuing to clean up and assess damage following one of the rarest storms seen in Madison: an October tornado. National Weather Service personnel in town on Sunday to assess the damage called the tornado “as rare as you can get,” since October historically has…

At least 6 tornadoes touched down in Kansas this week

Several tornadoes touched down in western Kansas on Monday, starting in Scott County and ending in Gove County, the National Weather Service confirmed. In Scott County, a super cell moved across the area at around 7 p.m. It produced three short lived tornadoes, a report says. The super cell dispersed along the Logan County line.…