Latest tornado climatology for Alabama and breakdown here in North Alabama

Here in Alabama, it’s not just the winter weather and the extreme cold we can experience. Strong storm systems that track ...
Las Vegas Sun

EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur

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Tyler Morning Telegraph

NWS: EF1 tornado with 100 mph winds caused significant damage in Lindale

LINDALE — The National Weather Service on Wednesday confirmed an EF1 tornado caused damage in Lindale. The storm system had winds of up to 100 mph, the NWS said. Smith County Emergency Management ...
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A June tornado turned out to be a rare EF5. Why that’s surprising — and important

Tornadoes rated EF5 are inconceivable. They raze the Earth with winds exceeding 200 mph, sweeping foundations bare and peeling the bark off trees. Some pry pavement off roadways, scouring into the ...
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North Dakota EF5 upgrade reignites debate over tornado classifications

MOLINE, Ill. — For the first time in more than a decade, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, which is the strongest classification. But the newly confirmed rating may have implications that ...

Iowa's biggest November tornado outbreak happened 10 years ago Tuesday

The state's largest November tornado outbreak on record took place Nov. 11, 2015. At least 19 tornadoes struck Iowa that ...
Chicago Tribune

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil ...