Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

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The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Forks, N.D., reevaluated a tornado from June 20, 2025. Completing additional surveys and working extensively with wind damage experts, the new estimated ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12-year “drought” of EF5 tornadoes has ended, after the National Weather Service upgraded a tornado in North Dakota to EF5 status. The tornado touched down near Enderlin, North ...

The tornado season has gone for a long and fairly quiet run, but someone has finally asked about the rating scale for tornado intensity. That is often referred to as the F scale. The F comes from a ...

New research shows how advanced weather models can warn about tornado danger earlier and help communities prepare with more time.