It's not every day that you get to witness a true mountain tornado, but that's exactly what happened in Wyoming today as a confirmed twister touched down near Laramie Peak in Wyoming.
We really don't want to acknowledge this but we guess we have to. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season will start next week with the official start set for Thursday, June 1st, 2023.
Almost no one was prepared. It was early morning in a small Illinois town on March 19, 1948 when the ominous clouds rolled in. A monster tornado dropped onto an unsuspecting Illinois town leaving only 20% of it standing once the winds subsided.
Early in the afternoon of May 22, 2011, meteorologists knew a serious weather situation was developing near Joplin, Missouri. By nightfall, 158 souls were gone as a killer EF-5 mile-wide twister had carved a massive path of destruction straight through the heart of the city.
When it comes to the topic of tornadoes, Oklahoma is universally known around the world for producing some of the biggest, including the last F6 ever measured... but it'd probably surprise most Okies that the Sooner State doesn't even crack the top five of the most tornado-prone counties in America.
Don't try this at home. Don't try it on the road either. Don't try this, period. Storm chasers following a massive wedge tornado in Nebraska today ended up inside the vortex on purpose. You can watch the video of what they experienced.