A trio of small twisters gave some residents a scare Thursday as they appeared on the horizon in Sanilac County. Residents of Croswell said tornado warning sirens began and lasted for three minutes around 8 p.m. Thursday. Alex Manion, meteorologist The National Weather Service in White Lake Township confirmed the funnel clouds appeared in the…
Wyoming becoming tornado alley of the West
WYOMING – Is it global warming or something to do with climate change? Perhaps, but the fact remains tornado warnings in Wyoming are up. Way up. According to the National Weather Service, Wyoming has experienced 51 tornado warnings so far this year. That’s nearly triple the usual for a season. From 2006-2017, the state received…
South Dakota tractor taken by tornado found in Montana
Doug Davis finally found his tractor that had been swooped up by a tornado from his ranch in northwest South Dakota. Sort of. “The tractor is mostly scattered in Montana,” he told the Capital Journal on Monday night. The tornado came from the southwest on Thursday night, June 28, one of many that twisted their…
Record Streak of 283 Days With No Tornado-Related Deaths in the United States Ended Saturday
A record-long streak with no tornado-related deaths in the United States ended Saturday. Preliminary information from the National Weather Service has determined that an EF2 tornado touched down in southern Logan County, Kentucky, killing one person near Dot. That marks the first tornado fatality in the U.S. since May 16, 2017. A separate storm-related death…
Researchers see shift in tornado activity
Joplin’s corner of the country could be in line to be rid of an unsettling image. Ask an average American to describe our national landscape, east to west, and the answer might look something like this. The ocean, small mountains, Tornado Alley, tall mountains, desert, the other ocean. Now tornado researchers argue that the list…
Kansas prominent in list of Top 10 tornadoes
A recently released list of the 10 largest tornadoes on record has more Kansas tornadoes on it than any other state. Most Kansans know about one of the three, but the other two may be a surprise. The list was created by Brandon Molyneaux, a student at Millersville University who has been studying weather for…
Tornado season winding down with numbers near average
Tornadoes can spin out of the sky during any month of the year in Iowa, but now that we’re into August, twisters are becoming much less likely. Meteorologist Rod Donavon, at the National Weather Service, says Iowa is wrapping up the season with fewer tornadoes than usual. “Certainly, we did start off fairly quickly in…
Storms produced nine tornadoes in Red River Valley
HILLSBORO — Meteorologists have confirmed storms from last week produced seven tornadoes in the Red River Valley, including one in Traill County that tracked 23 miles and reached the width of 10 football fields. Severe weather brought hail, damaging winds and, to some counties, tornadoes on July 11, downing power lines, breaking trees and causing…
Forecasters confirm 2 tornadoes near Orange-Osceola line
Forecasters have confirmed that two tornadoes touched down Friday near the Orange-Osceola county line as a powerful storm moved through the area. The tornadoes were both an EF-0, the weakest on the Enhanced Fujita scale, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne. On Friday, residents in both counties posted photos on social media of…
Tornadoes, hail and wind: No injuries reported
WHITE LAKE — Prepared for the worst, Aurora County’s emergency manager scattered his storm spotters and braced for what meteorologists predicted to be an intense summer storm. With two tornadoes and quarter-sized hail, the storm didn’t disappoint, but the aftermath was much less damaging than expected. “It could have been a pretty heavy day here…