The required conditions for a thunderstorm to produce a tornado are warm humid air near the surface with cold dry air above.

More tornadoes than usual have already struck the U.S. in 2025—and many of them have been touching down farther east than ...

Few weather phenomena capture the imagination-or instill fear-like tornadoes. These swirling columns of wind can level entire communities in minutes, yet much about their formation remains ...

DALLAS — As severe weather season intensifies, WFAA's meteorologists are breaking down the science behind one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces: tornadoes. Tornado formation ...

Imagine a pot of boiling water, with the bubbles representing ... where the climatic conditions are just right for tornado ...

Climate’s role: Global warming is one of several factors producing more severe flooding worldwide. Whether climate change affects tornado formation is less clear.

“Next thing you know, I look up, the sky is getting black and blacker, and it’s lighting up green lights, and it’s making a formation of a twister or tornado ... the National Weather Service said.

This continues until the water and ice drops become too big ... of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm.” Tornado formation will be discussed in a separate weather Wednesday, it ...