Tornado Alley We get asked a lot about what exactly is Tornado Alley and where is it. The term “Tornado Alley” is an area on the United States where Tornadoes occur the most. The term was first used back in 1952 as the title of a research project by U.S. Air Force Meteorologists Major…
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Our own storm chaser, Timothy Hedrick from Cutler, IL, spent the day surveying the tornado aftermath with Michael Phelps of StormScapeLive.TV and Don Murray of StormMapping.com from the Perryville, MO tornado that struck Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Timothy along with Michael Phelps takes Extreme Weather Videos inside some of the hardest hit areas. The NWS Paducah office…
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From the early morning hours of January 21, 2017 to January 23, 2017 there were 66 confirmed tornadoes across 8 states making it the second largest January tornado outbreak on record. Second to the January 1999 outbreak that spawned 129 tornadoes. Tornadoes were seen from Texas to Georgia and Florida. “A rare “high risk” severe…
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The skies are rumbling from the storms rolling in I hop in the car and my adventures begin Roll down the highway to find that great viewing spot Stopping a long the roadside and setup for that perfect camera shot Chasing a storm has it’s highs and lows Best part is being with Extreme Weather…
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Many of you have heard about the recent tornadoes and wildfires that have affected portions of the Southeast these past few days. Our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones and friends due to the horrific fires across parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. Seven lives have been claimed in Tennessee…
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What was originally forecast to be a marginal risk for severe weather across parts of the Ohio Valley turned into a line of tornadic supercells! So many people keep asking the question, why did this happen? Why did the storms in Indiana and Ohio become such prolific tornado producing storms? The National Weather Service has…
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Typically, when we think of tornadoes, the first place we think of is “tornado alley” in the Central US. But tornadoes occur all over the world too! This video is just now surfacing from what looks like mid April, and shows INCREDIBLE tornado video from the city of Amarah, in southern Iraq! Watch near the 10…
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