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, ...
Few weather phenomena capture the imagination-or instill fear-like tornadoes. These swirling columns of wind can level entire communities in minutes, yet much about their formation remains shrouded in ...
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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 ...
LAWRENCE (WISH) — Storm Track 8 meteorologist Ryan Morse recently visited the ELC at Amy Beverland Elementary School in Lawrence. It was a day spending time with 200 kindergarten students and giving ...
Tornadoes may form from the ground up, rather than the top down. That could sound counterintuitive. Many people may picture a funnel cloud emerging from the bottom of a dark mass of thunderstorms and ...