Storms bear down on New England and East Coast as severe weather persists across the US
More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and expected to bring more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains are soaking the East Coast.
Below-freezing temps likely as coldest weather of the season expected next week in SE Texas: What to know๐ง
There is increasing concern for a hard freeze across Southeast Texas that will possibly happen next Monday night into Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service announced. There is also the potential for another hard freeze Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in South Texas, causing power outages in Corpus Christi
Thousands of homes and businesses in the small South Texas city of Corpus Christi are without power after the stateโs first tropical storm of the hurricane season made landfall, bringing strong winds and welcome rain following months of dry weather.
US east cleans up after deadly storms as New England braces for flooding
Crews across the eastern U.S. are working to clear downed trees and power lines and restore electricity following severe storms that killed at least two people, cut power hundreds of thousands, and forced thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave
A record 31-day streak in Phoenix of daily highs of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit has ended as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July starts abating with cooling monsoon rains.
Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
A National Weather Service team will survey damage in northeast Illinois, where fierce winds from suspected tornadoes ripped roofs from buildings, downed trees and sent residents scrambling for safety as sirens sounded.
Heads up: itโs Severe Weather Awareness week!
This first week of March is Severe Weather Awareness week. If you think about it, most weeks bring some kind of severe weather our way because not all threatening weather is lightning and storms. In fact, todayโs topic is HEAT and you can see the others here:
How strong were the winds?
Determining just how strong a tornadoโs winds were, like the ones that came through last week, is not as easy as it might seem. First, the winds arenโt measured like the winds you hear about on the weather report every day---those are from a wind gage in real time from area observations. Tornado winds are estimated, based on the damage they caused. This task was first tackled in 1971 by Dr. Ted Fujita whose scale of F-0 to F-5 tornadoes looked like this: