While the Valley was cold, with snow showers Saturday afternoon, parts of Idaho had to deal with severe storms. According to the National Weather Service, a tornado warning was issued for the Idaho Falls area around 6 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service reports a few pictures of funnel clouds from Moreland, Idaho during that…
Small Tornado Touches Down In Iowa Colony
IOWA COLONY, TX — A band of severe weather that rolled through the Houston area overnight and into Thursday morning, likely spawned a tornado that touched down in Brazoria County. According to the National Weather Service a small EF-0 tornado with winds of about 60 miles an hour tore down a fence, and tossed debris…
Tornado hits Rockport area, damages homes
HOLIDAY BEACH, Texas – The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi confirmed that an EF-0 tornado slammed Holiday Beach outside Rockport early Thursday. NWS crews surveyed the areas Thursday that were hard hit along the Texas Coast. “We look at the scope of the damage, the areas that were impacted. Then we try and determine…
Tornado hits area near Fort Smith
A tornado touched down Tuesday morning in west-central Arkansas, the National Weather Service confirmed. The twister hit Bonanza, a town of fewer than 600 people about 12 miles south of Fort Smith, about 9:45 a.m., according to the agency’s Tulsa office. Winds between 75 and 85 mph damaged or destroyed several barns and snapped large…
Two tornadoes touched down in Local 6 area over weekend
The National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes touched down in the Local 6 area. Rick Shanklin with the NWS Paducah was out surveying damage today and says an EF-1 tornado touched down in Murray. That tornado brought wind speeds as fast as 105 miles per hour, spanned 1.5 miles, with a path was as wide…
EF-0 Tornado Confirmed in DeSoto, 30 Homes Damaged
A powerful storm blew through North Texas early Tuesday, spawning an EF-0 tornado that touched down near DeSoto, the National Weather Service says. National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Fox toured a damaged DeSoto neighborhood Tuesday afternoon and estimated the winds there reached 85 miles per hour. “It is a very narrow, but very intentional path,”…
Are tornadoes becoming more common in the Pacific Northwest?
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thursday started out like any other typical Northwest day, but as rain and hail moved in, everything changed when two EF-0 tornadoes popped up in Aurora and Vancouver. No one was injured, but there were some reports of damage, including downed power lines and flipped planes at the Aurora State Airport. “They…
Tornado damages 6 homes in Mont-Laurier, Que.
Environment Canada confirms a tornado with violent winds damaged six homes in Mont-Laurier, Que. The tornado came with a storm off the Great Lakes and crossed into Quebec with violent winds. Environment Canada said the EF-0 tornado touched down in the neighbourhood of Chemin du Lac Nadeau. The surge also knocked out power in the…
Cleanup continues on East Side following ‘as rare as you can get’ tornado
City streets and forestry crews, utility crews and private contractors are continuing to clean up and assess damage following one of the rarest storms seen in Madison: an October tornado. National Weather Service personnel in town on Sunday to assess the damage called the tornado “as rare as you can get,” since October historically has…
At least 6 tornadoes touched down in Kansas this week
Several tornadoes touched down in western Kansas on Monday, starting in Scott County and ending in Gove County, the National Weather Service confirmed. In Scott County, a super cell moved across the area at around 7 p.m. It produced three short lived tornadoes, a report says. The super cell dispersed along the Logan County line.…