Emergency Management Officials See Confusion About Tornado Sirens May 31, 2019 By Stan Finger WICHITA, Kan. — With the peak of tornado season arriving in Tornado Alley, Sedgwick County officials moved to address public...
Study: Tornadoes Shifting Path Towards East Coast October 18, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting – decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more...
Oklahoma Has Yet to Record a Tornado This Year April 30, 2018 By KEN MILLER and KELLY P. KISSEL This year’s weather on the Southern Plains has an odd twist: Oklahoma has yet to record its first tornado, the...
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Face Double Spring Threats April 9, 2018 By KEN MILLER Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing:...
Earthquakes Expected to be Focus at National Tornado Summit February 13, 2017 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Hundreds of top meteorologists and disaster recovery experts will converge on Oklahoma City next week for a national tornado summit,...
Kansas Sees Significant Increase in Tornadoes in 2015 January 7, 2016 Kansas’ 124 confirmed tornadoes in 2015 were 83 more than the previous year, tying for the fourth highest number since...
Oklahoma Hosts 4th Annual National Tornado Summit February 23, 2015 About 1,000 emergency managers, insurance company representatives and city leaders from across the country are expected next week at the...
Kentucky Residents Recall 1974 Tornado April 8, 2014 By CHERYL TRUMAN, The Lexington Herald-Leader Edna Jones was in third grade when the tornado hit Stamping Ground, Ky., on April 3, 1974, and for months...
Weather Officials Say Overpass Unsafe During Tornado July 3, 2013 Weather officials in Tornado Alley have raised concerns about a scene in the new Superman movie that they say incorrectly...
After Storm Deaths, Search on for Perfect Warning June 11, 2013 By Sean Murphy The average tornado warning in the 1980s went out only after a twister was on the ground. Continuing advances in...