It turned out to be quite an active afternoon and evening across southern Minnesota into the far southwest Wisconsin with ...

Customized Rockets Send Sensor Probes into a Tornado That experimentation led to one notion: Garnering data from inside a tornado would require raw speed, such as that provided by model rockets.

The summer solstice coincided with an historic night of tornadoes and extreme winds in the Red River Valley. One tornado was ...

As a whole, Nebraska had 100 tornadoes touchdown across the state in 2024. Only two other years have produced more individually since 1950 — 2004 and 1999. We're diving into that tornado data ...

"In the original Twister, the idea of putting these Dorothy sensor balls into a tornado is completely science fiction, but it inspired a generation of people to want to do scientific research on ...

But as the sensor and parachute climbed in the mesocyclone to heights of more than 27,000 feet there was just one problem after the tornado passed and clean up began, finding it.

Before the 1990s, federal tornado data was inconsistent and unreliable, lacking a comprehensive reporting system. And scientists' understanding of the ingredients forming a tornado is still evolving.

This data leaves out tornadoes prior to 1950, and likely excludes numerous weaker tornadoes after 1950 that may not have been recorded. The records include only one F/EF-5 tornado, ...

Ohio broke a 32-year-old record for the most tornadoes in a year in 2024. Here's a look back at tornado season using data provided by the National Weather Service. Chad Murphy.

Kentucky's recent years of tornadoes have brought tragedy, but despite decades of data, the state's risk of deadly events is still ill-defined.