What to do if a tornado comes forms near you: In a permanent structure (not a mobile home):Go to the lowest level (cellars are best) in the center of the building. Put as many walls between you and the outside as possible. Stay away from windows and leave them closed. Get under a...
What’s likely happening as the climate warms is the Southwest United States is getting hotter and drier, Ashley and Gensini said. Meanwhile, the Gulf of Mexico, which provides the crucial moisture for the storms, is getting hotter and the air coming from there is getting juici...
the atmosphere is stable. Measured in Joules per kilogram (j/kg), values near or over 500-1,000 j/kg are often about the low-end needed for widespread severe weather chances. Values over 3,000-4,000 are considered extremely unstable, often indicative of a high-end...
including 1 "Violent" tornado and 17 "Strong" tornadoes. One of the more unique aspects of this outbreak was that the state's two largest cities were directly impacted by more than one significant tornado. In fact, the first confirmed tornado of the afternoon developed near Will Rogers World...
"I can see the funnel above me. Easterlies, it's happening!" Timmer said. More than 100 miles south near Blum, Texas, another tornado was caught on camera. The unmistakable funnel cloud was produced by the same system that slammed into north Texas. Much of the South is at risk of mor...
Now this isn’t to say that you should be blasé about tornado warnings. It is easy to get that way when you live in a place where the sirens often go off without anything happening. But experts think that’s exactly why the death toll from the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado was so hi...
This wall cloud and funnel reached over 1/2 way to the ground, no time to stop and see what was really happening, and also tree's were a big problem and we could not see the ground underneath, also on TDU last year. Wall cloud This speaks for itself Nov3 last year. Wall...
can create negative pressure inside the jar. The negative pressure inside the jar makes it unlikely that it will leak during the tornado but after the tornado stops it could leak if a pressure differential was created inside the jar. Our waterproofing measures hopefully stop this from happening....
So to understand what's happening at ground level, you have to figure out another way to see inside a tornado. And that's not easy. BRANTLEY HARGROVE (JOURNALIST): It's weird to think that, you know, towards the end of the 20th century, we had no data at ground level from inside ...
“Rescue efforts are happening as we speak,” the mayor said, adding several victims trapped in their homes have been located and rescued. Many buildings and houses in the city were leveled by the storm, according to Walker. “There are some structures that have been left – some are not ...