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Douglas Walker is a news reporter for The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com. This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: Tornado strikes Jay ...
The National Weather Service in Louisville has extended a tornado warning until 8:15 a.m. for several Indiana counties as a storm that has produced at least one tornado moves through the area near ...
September 23, 2024 at 1:33 PM. Severe storms tore through Indiana Sunday evening, generating at least two tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The winds tore the roofs off ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin, an unofficial, high-end classification of tornado warning—sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ...
The second-largest tornado outbreak on record at the time, this deadly series of tornadoes, which became known as the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, inflicted a swath of destruction from Cedar County, Iowa, to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and a swath 450 miles long (724 km) from Kent County, Michigan, to Montgomery County, Indiana.
Of the 59 tornadoes in the United States, 50 are officially rated F5 on the original Fujita scale (with dates of occurrence between May 11, 1953, and May 3, 1999), and nine are officially rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale (with dates of occurrence between May 4, 2007, and May 20, 2013). In total worldwide, 55 of these tornadoes have been ...
Tornado season is spinning up again in Indiana, and with it comes weather alerts declaring different watches and warnings. To help Hoosiers understand the difference, IndyStar is breaking down the ...
A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover. Modern weather surveillance technology such as Doppler weather radar can detect rotation in a ...