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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 ...
The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association are reflecting on the devastating tornado ...
Four years ago, Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky were impacted by one of the largest tornado outbreaks on record. On ...
ROCK HILL, S.C. — On Tuesday evening, a towering, rotating thunderstorm known as a supercell was seen in York County. A WCNC Charlotte viewer, Kari Smith, sent stunning drone photos of the storm to ...
The National Weather Service in Binghamton tracked a "significant supercell," or a strong thunderstorm with a heavy updraft, from Penn Yan to New Jersey, causing widespread damage on July 3 and 4.
June is Colorado's most active month for tornadoes. Our state sees a high number of a special type of tornado called a landspout. As usual, a lot of that has to do with the mountains. A supercell is a ...
A double-tornado picture captured by weather photographer Kelly DeLay is taking the world by storm. The image, snapped Thursday near Simla, Colo., shows a massive supercell — a thunderstorm with a ...
LA MIRADA, Calif. (KABC) -- A rare tornado touched down in Southern California Thursday and conditions were continuing Friday for the possibility of more forming during this week's powerful storm. By ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado’s weather has been ...
A dramatic weather event unfolded in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, as a severe thunderstorm tore through the area spinning up a tornadolike vortex. A gustnado is another type of tornado that forms when ...