Supercells are the mightiest of the thunderstorms. They can roll for hours while maintaining tornadoes and damaging hail.

A supercell made for an ominous light show in south Oklahoma on Monday, April 28, as a tornado warning and severe ...

AccuWeather's Tony Laubach reported live as supercells developed in Texas on the evening of April 28, ratcheting up the ...

From 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., the violent tornadoes ripped through communities. Courtesy: National Weather Service During the afternoon period, the EF5 and EF4 tornadoes tore through communities.

Some severe weather outbreaks don't produce as many tornadoes, but one or more supercell thunderstorms spin up large, long-track deadly twisters that are notable even in tornado-prone states.

The scale measures wind speeds of tornadoes by looking at the damage caused on the ground after it has dissipated. They are ranked from EF0 to EF5. EF0 - light damage with wind speeds of 65-85 mph.

Over the past 15 years, April, May, and June have consistently been the most active months for tornadoes, accounting for the highest total number and the most severe events (EF4 and EF5).

But the first tornado dropped by the Silverton supercell was just that. The storm itself was spinning counterclockwise. How it produced a clockwise tornado is unclear. Perhaps it was an unusual or ...

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The scale measures wind speeds of tornadoes by looking at the damage caused on the ground after it has dissipated. They are ranked from EF0 to EF5. A recent addition to the scale is an EFU ...

Content continues below Dozens of supercell thunderstorms would eventually develop and continue straight into the overnight hours. All told, more than 200 tornadoes would touch down in a 24-hour ...