“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said.

The NWS does this by looking at damage caused and estimating the wind speeds the tornado ... Of the 9,890 tornadoes reported between 1950 and 2024, 77% were rated either F0/EF0 or F1/EF1.

The wild weather year that was 2024 finally ended with a parting outbreak of deadly tornadoes, but researchers will be tallying the total costs for months to come. The year finished as one of the ...

WELL, THERE WAS A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TEHAMA ... the NWS issued a special weather statement, advising of 40 mph wind and penny-sized hail possible. That statement lasted through ...

A warning covering an area with about 2,200 residents told people to take shelter because flying debris was expected. By John Yoon A winter storm in Northern California spawned a tornado on Friday ...

Meteorologists have yet to learn how strong Friday's tornado was, and how fast the wind was, Powell said. The weather service could announce those answers as soon as Saturday, but first scientists ...

The tornado’s wind peak and rating are both unknown, the news release said. “The preliminary determination is that this was an EF-U (unknown) tornado that touched down for approximately 3 ...

Meteorologists have yet to learn how strong Friday's tornado was, and how fast the wind was, Powell said. The weather service could announce those answers as soon as Saturday, but first scientists ...

The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Northern California. The NWS told people to "take shelter now." Video above from Scotts Valley tornado. The warning was ...

A strong thunderstorm birthed a rare tornado on Friday evening near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, close to the Shasta County border in Northern California, according to meteorologists. Scientists ...