The Supercell Foundation Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually ...

Why are tornadoes still so difficult to forecast? Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make tornadoes more likely. But predicting exactly which thunderstorms will ...

One muggy day in July 1986, a news helicopter was recording footage of a festival in Minneapolis when the pilot and photographer glimpsed a tornado over nearby Brooklyn Park. They moved toward it, ...

Severe storms are becoming more intense — and happening in more widespread clusters. Scientists are investigating why tornado season is arriving earlier and with greater force. The reason may be ...

The National Weather Service released an updated tornado warning at 9:01 p.m. on Thursday in effect until 9:15 p.m. for ...

The 2025 tornado season in the United States is the most active in over a decade, with more preliminary tornado reports by May 20 than in any year since 2011. Fueled by a series of major outbreaks ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Nowotarski, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) Meteorologists began warning ...