Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make tornadoes more likely. But predicting exactly ...

Tornadoes are among nature's fiercest furies. Despite the destruction they can cause, the mechanism that results in tornadoes ...

Tornadoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring and terrifying phenomena. These swirling columns of air can wreak havoc on ...

Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make tornadoes more likely. But predicting exactly which thunderstorms will produce a tornado and when is harder, and that’s ...

The National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado hit Middle Tennessee Saturday, but there were also straight line ...

The vast majority of violent tornadoes form from supercells, thunderstorms with a deep rotating updraft, called a “mesocyclone.” Vertical wind shear can enable the midlevels of the storm to ...

However, a couple hours later, a strong mesocyclone moved out of Alabama and into the southern part of Middle Tennessee — more specifically, Grundy County, where the town of Palmer sustained ...

This forms a mesocyclone. 3 / As that warm updraft rises, it smashes into sinking cold air. This temperature difference is thought to cause the funnel to narrow, spin faster, and draw even more ...