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The Storm Prediction Center flagged a significant tornado risk as supercells fired across the Midwest

Residents across Illinois, Indiana, and the Ohio Valley faced a direct threat from violent tornadoes after the Storm Prediction Center drew a hatched significant tornado area over the region, marking ...
AOL

Former police chief reflects on Joplin’s devastating EF5 tornado 15 years later

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Friday marks 15 years since a deadly EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. Former Joplin Police Chief Lane Roberts and now a Missouri state representative recalls that ...
Austin American-Statesman

What's the Enhanced Fujita scale and does it measure up to powerful Texas tornadoes?

This is the time of year when Texas sees more severe thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, you might hear more about where a twister ranked on the Enhanced Fujita scale or its EF rating. Among the ...
WAFF

Former 911 dispatcher remembers EF5 tornado that hit Dekalb County 15 years ago.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A remembrance event is scheduled for Saturday in Rainsville to remember the lives lost in the 2011 storms. Michael Posey, now the EMA director, was a 911 dispatcher for ...