A tornado outbreak and an epic snowstorm can happen in the U.S. on any spring, fall, even winter day. Here at weather.com we call that a "kitchen sink" pattern, when it seems every weather phenomenon ...

It may be hard to believe that with an average of 1,200 tornadoes each year in the United States, we haven’t seen an EF5-rated twister in more than 11 years. But that doesn’t mean the number of ...

A record-breaking number of tornadoes struck Iowa in the first five months of 2024. Multiple outbreaks have led to damage in small towns and in the Des Moines metro area. An outbreak of storms on May ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - June 20 marks 68 years since a massive tornado, which has since been commonly referred to as the “Fargo Tornado” carved a nine-mile path through Fargo and Moorhead.

On May 15th, 1968, a surface low pressure system swept across Iowa bringing with it severe weather across the country. 39 tornadoes touched down, stretching from Minnesota to Mississippi. Here is the ...

We've discussed May's deserved reputation for both violent tornadoes and large outbreaks. In Texas, two of its worst tornadoes of all time happened in the middle of May, each in one of the state's ...