Powerful storms left a trail of devastation in their wake after spawning possible tornadoes in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas overnight. May 26, 2024 Multiple tornadoes confirmed in Minnesota, western Wisconsin Officials confirmed that multiple tornadoes touched down in southern Minnesota and...
Now, anyone who has lived in Texas, especially Lubbock, for over 10 minutes is brutally aware of the high winds and severe weather, including tornadoes, that make even the Tasmanian Devil sweat his britches. Call it unfortunate geographic location or sheer serendipity, but we've seen our fair...
Organized categorical risk of severe storms begins with “marginal” (MRGL). Levels increase from there to “slight” (SLGT), then “enhanced” (ENH), to “moderate” (MDT), and finally “high” (HIGH). In a marginal risk, one might expect mostly non severe storms, with perhaps an is...
Meanwhile, floodwaters in the Houston area began receding Monday after days of heavy rain in southeastern Texas left neighborhoods flooded and led to hundreds of high-water rescues. ___ This story has been updated to correct that heavy rain fell over southeastern Texas, not southwestern...
According to the Associated Press, six people have been killed in connection with the flooding in Texas. Houston police discovered two bodies believed to be weather-related deaths. One body was found in a flooded ditch and the other was located in a wooded area that had previously been in hi...
Teams from the National Weather Service (NWS) have been in East Texas assessing the damage and plotting the path of these destructive storms. So far, the NWS has confirmed that seven tornadoes did touch down and they are still examing many other areas in East Texas. ...
Chris Nowotarskiis an associate professor of atmospheric science atTexas A&M University. Meteorologistsbegan warning about severe weatherwith the potential for tornadoesseveral days beforestorms tore acrossthe Southeastand theCentral U.S.in late March. At one point,more than 28 million peoplewere und...
As residents in the Midwest begin to clean up the damage from last night's storms, the next round is already underway in the South this morning. Tornado warnings have been issued in parts of Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. ...
This tornado watch includes the following Deep East Texas counties: Angelina Nacogdoches Cherokee Trinity Houston Rusk Shelby Sabine San Augustine The primary threats in the watch area include: A few tornadoes and a couple of intense tornadoes (EF2+) are possible ...
Earlier, a large tornado was reported in southwest Oklahoma around 6 p.m. CDT on Saturday. It tracked from south of Elmer to near Tipton to north of Manitou; it briefly crossed a bend in the Red River into extreme northern Texas along its path. Sporadic damage was reported along its ...