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Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. [1] [2] [3] These vary depending on the latitude, altitude, topography, and atmospheric conditions.
A tornado is an example of an extreme weather event. This tornado struck Anadarko, Oklahoma during a tornado outbreak in 1999.. Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past.
At least four people are dead after severe weather ripped through the South Saturday and early Sunday. Homes are destroyed, trees down and roads blocked across parts of Texas, Louisiana ...
"It appears the bad weather has left Wharton County," the sheriff's office said in a later update. "Those to our east, please stay safe and be weather alert." Atmospheric river brings storms to West.
A forecast map from the Weather Prediction Center shows bad weather headed for much of the East on Thursday. Parts of New England hit with heavy snow Parts of New England were getting their first ...
While historically applied only to severe thunderstorm, tornado and flash flood watches (i.e., severe local storm "polygonal" events), PDS wording could theoretically be applied to other types of weather watches (such as winter storm, high wind, hurricane, or fire weather watches) when an enhanced threat for such conditions exists.
Debris surrounds a home in Valley View, Texas, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, after severe storms moved through Denton and Cooke counties. Severe weather continued to hamper the Dallas-Fort Worth area.