The mile-wide tornado, given a preliminary rating of EF-4, leveled Moore, Okla.
Nearly the same setup for tornadoes that focused on Oklahoma Monday is targeting north central Texas Tuesday afternoon.
Severe storms, some capable of producing tornadoes, will threaten communities across northern and eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, northwestern Louisiana and Arkansas on Tuesday.
The same storm system responsible for producing violent thunderstorms in Oklahoma recently will reach the Atlantic Seaboard Thursday.
The atmospheric severe weather engine began firing on all cylinders this past weekend and reached full speed Monday over Oklahoma.
Preliminary reports are calling it an EF-4 tornado that has caused numerous fatalities and injuries in Moore, Okla.
Several tornadoes touched down from Oklahoma to Iowa, including near Wichita, Kan., and Oklahoma City, on Sunday.
While additional strong thunderstorms will roll through through portions of tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Tuesday, the risk of tornadoes has diminished.
Rising temperatures and humidity across the mid-Atlantic will have it feeling like the end of June.
Heavy rain returning to the northern Plains will generate a renewed flood threat for the Red River.
Tornadoes broke out from Texas to Missouri on Monday with a deadly tornado moving through the town of Moore, Okla.
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Orlando, Fl (2005)
High temperature finally reached 90
degrees. This gets a record for the
latest occurrence of the first degrees
day of the year.
Texas County, OK (1937)
Severe dust storm called "Black Blizzard" visibility
near zero for 10 minutes.
Texas County, OK (1937)
Severe dust storm called "Black Blizzard" visibility
near zero for 10 minutes.