COLUMBUS, Ohio — The National Weather Service confirmed that at least four tornadoes touched down in Ohio, including an EF1 ...

Louisville was hit with heavy winds. Tennessee saw massive tornadoes. Lexington, on the other hand, was spared Thursday morning. Meteorologists explain why.

The ingredients that give rise to tornadoes include warm, moist air at ground level; cool dry air higher up; and wind shear, which is the change in wind speed or direction. Each of these factors ...

One of the strongest predictors of whether a thunderstorm produces a tornado relates to vertical wind shear, which is how the wind changes direction or speed with height in the atmosphere.

The Storm Prediction Center has most of West Michigan under an Enhanced (3/5) Risk for severe thunderstorms while areas ...