Tornadoes are among the most powerful and unpredictable natural disasters, forming under specific atmospheric conditions. These violent, rotating columns of air extend from thunderstorms to the ...

DALLAS — As severe weather season intensifies, WFAA's meteorologists are breaking down the science behind one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces: tornadoes. Tornado formation ...

How the National Weather Service confirms twisters Ohio tornado season usually peaks later in the year, but twisters can form anytime the conditions are right. So how do tornadoes come to life?

TORNADOES FORM WHEN WARM, MOIST AIR AT THE SURFACE IS HEADING IN ONE DIRECTION, WHILE STRONGER AIR ALOFT IS HEADING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. THIS IS KNOWN AS WIND SHEAR. WIND SHEAR ROLLS THE AIR INTO ...

Tornado activity continues to be above average across the U.S. this year. More than 1,155 tornadoes had been reported through the morning of July 31, according to preliminary numbers from the ...

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 ...

FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW TORNADOES FORM, HOPEFULLY TO, OF COURSE, SPREAD MORE INFORMATION AND DISPEL ANY FEAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST YEAR’S TORNADO OUTBREAKS. SO LET’S START WITH ...

Tornadoes don't just appear out of nowhere. They need the perfect storm to form. It starts when warm, humid air clashes with cold air, which can generate a powerful thunderstorm known as a supercell.

How do these tornadoes form? First, a towering thunderstorm called a supercell gains strength. Condensation within the storm cloud makes the storm grow larger and rising air fuels the supercell to ...