Just after 8 o'clock this morning a line of strong thunderstorms extended from just West of Shreveport to near Houston, and on back into the mid-Texas coast.  This activity continues to spread slowly toward the East, with a large shield of modera...

A very complex situation continues to unfold this morning, which will eventually lead to one ore more rounds of severe weather (depending on your exact location in the Southern Plains) later today and into tonight... Below is the latest radar mosaic im...

Cyclone Lua has hammered WA's northwest, but no injuries have been reported.

As mentioned in a post yesterday, there will be a threat of severe storms forming along and ahead of a surface dryline over the western High Plains today through Sunday. The threat will shift Eastward into adjacent portions of the central and southern ...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Mar 13, 2012; 11:05 AM ET Lake Tahoe and other mountain resorts in the West will be clobbered by heavy snow over the next five to seven days. (Photos.com image) As the East experiences May-like weath...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Mar 12, 2012; 9:45 AM ET Dale Kirk, right, picks up a chair from the debris of the home of Brenda and Ted Tolbert of Holton, Ind. on Sunday, March 4, 2012 after tornadoes hit the area a couple of day...

A new tornado watch has been issued Eastward into Louisiana and Mississippi, valid until 2am CDT on Monday morning. Large hail and damaging wind gusts can be expected with severe storms in this region, and a few tornadoes are also possible. If you li...

More Texas drought relief is on its way this weekend as heavy rain douses the Lone Star State. The rain won't stop there, expanding into the Mississippi Valley for the end of the weekend.

A strong upper level storm system will move out over the Great Basin region today, and into the four corners / central and southern Rockies region tonight.  Energy will begin to stream Eastward into the adjacent Plains tonight, as a surface cold f...

A total of five tornadoes of EF-2 intensity or higher were surveyed by the National Weather Service (NWS) as a result of the severe weather outbreak of March 2, 2012 across far eastern Tennessee and along the Tennessee / North Carolina border. One of t...

A deadly series of storms produced violent tornadoes that killed over 50 people from February 28 to March 3, 2012.

Frequent and intense tornado outbreaks resulted in 552 tornado-related deaths in 2011, the second deadliest year on record, from 1,709 tornadoes, raising fears that this will be another devastating year for tornadoes. ...

Above is the preliminary severe weather report map from the SPC for the outbreak of Friday, March 2, 2012. As you can see, there were 97 reports of tornadoes, 259 reports of wind damage and 430 reports of hail, for a total of 786 events!   These ...

67 Tornadoes Decimate Midwest, Extreme damage Extreme damage from 67 tornadoes! Come visit our channel, event updates from around the globe daily www.youtube.com LOUISVILLE, A spokesman for Kentucky's governor says that five people have died in ...

It feels like I've mentioned it a thousand times here on the blog, but this is the first time I've dedicated an entire post to the subject.  One of the most important things that you can do to protect your family during severe weather season is ...

According to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, there is a high probability of thunderstorm activity predicted for late in the day Friday for much of the eastern U.S., though chances...

Unfortunately, many of the areas that were affected by damaging thunderstorms today will be under the gun again on Friday, with a widespread  severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak possible once again. The above image shows the latest severe we...

A band of strong to severe thunderstorms continues to press Eastward this morning, currently stretching from northwest Kentucky back into northcentral Arkansas.  Large hail and damaging wind gusts have continued to be reported with the line, alon...

Two storm systems will affect a good portion of the United States towards the end of February and early March 2012, bringing severe weather this week.

With the spring severe weather season fast approaching, I thought it would be a good time to review some related material over the coming days and weeks. This post on the Enhanced Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity was originally made in August of 2010:...

As expected, a fairly widespread severe weather event took place yesterday across the mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S.  There were over 110 reports of wind damage, 30+ reports of large hail and preliminary reports of 7 tornadoes. So far, one torna...

With spring severe weather season fast approaching, I thought it would be a good time to review some related material over the coming days and weeks.  One thing that forecasters and storm chasers have a "love / hate" relationship with is the Cappi...

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist Feb 24, 2012; 9:28 AM ET AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Jesse Ferrell has more on this image from Fred Smith. Following a near-record number of tornadoes in 2011, an active severe weather season with above-normal tor...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Feb 23, 2012; 9:23 AM ET The risk of violent thunderstorms, including tornadoes, will affect the Tennessee and Ohio valleys later this afternoon into tonight. According to Severe Weather Expert Henr...

Will the new experimental three-tiered system of tornado warnings create confusion for the public? What are your thoughts?

Scientists from Columbia University take a step toward a seasonal outlet for tornadoes. Will it work?

Feb 18, 2012; 10:16 AM ET Enough rain will fall with the storm system this weekend to cause urban flooding problems. A developing storm system already responsible for flooding in Texas will press eastward this weekend to Georgia, South Carolina ...

Wild weather in storemsnbc.comSevere weather along the Gulf Coast and heavy wet snow in Kentucky and Virginia are being forecast for the weekend. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports. >>> so much of this country has been experienc...

A strong storm system in the middle and upper atmosphere is spinning around to the South of the Arizona border this morning (as shown by the yellow circled area on the above water vapor satellite image).  Pieces of energy and stronger winds aloft...

17.02.2012 - 12:43:13 - Snow Storm event happened in Middle-East / Lebanon.