A watch means a tornado is possible, while a warning means a tornado has been spotted. Knox County doesn't use outdoor tornado sirens because alerts can provide more specific information ...

ST. LOUIS — Damage survey crews on Saturday afternoon reported St. Louis was hit by an EF-3 tornado Friday afternoon, meaning winds were at most 165 mph. The National Weather Service (NWS ...

Providing tornado notifications is one of these agencies’ most important tasks. The hierarchy of these alerts—watch, warning, emergency—is not an advisory about a tornado’s intensity but ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in southeastern Indiana during Friday night's storms.The NWS said the EF-1 tornado sustained peak winds of 90 mph and traveled ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed the tornado that hit southern Kentucky, causing massive devastation reached EF-4 ...

A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. CONFIRMED. ALL RIGHT. CONFIRMED TORNADO. I MEAN, THEY’RE SEEING THE SAME THING WE’RE SEEING. >> I DON’T THINK MOVING EAST AT 60MPH. >> OKAY, SIX. WOW. MOVING FAST.

The National Weather Service has finished its survey of the deadly tornado that ripped through southeastern Kentucky last week.In the player above: Aerials show long path of destruction cut by ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Tornado Watch for the entire Kansas City area until 9 p.m. Monday. On the Missouri side this includes Jackson, Cass ...

“In order to get a tornado, you need to have a thunderstorm that’s capable of producing a tornado,” says Jana Houser, a tornado researcher at the Ohio State University. Most often, these are ...

OH, LOOK AT THIS. HERE WE GO. THIS MIGHT BE IT. LOOK AT THIS. THAT MIGHT BE THE TORNADO AS IT CROSSES I-49. IT’S HARD TO TELL. OR AT LEAST IT’S IN THAT VICINITY. WOW. THIS IS AT GREENLAND.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touch down in north Jackson near I-40 at about 3:29 p.m. on May 20.