NBC15 Recognized as Storm Ready Supporter
NBC15 will be officially recognized as the 1st commercial TV station in Wisconsin to be a Storm Ready Supporter by the National Weather Service.
NBC15 will be officially recognized as the 1st commercial TV station in Wisconsin to be a Storm Ready Supporter by the National Weather Service.
When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest last year, thousands of people in the killers' paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time: adding tornado shelters to their homes.
A nor'easter packing soaking rain and springtime snow has churned up the Northeast.
Useful links and information mentioned in the Weather Authority's "Surviving the Storm" special.
The Storm Prediction Center says a dangerous tornado outbreak is likely Saturday in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma as intense storms move into the southern Plains.
At least two tornadoes have touched down and hail the size of softballs pounded northwestern Oklahoma, injuring two people and damaging a county jail and numerous vehicles.
The mayor of Forney, Texas, says it's "a real blessing" that nobody was killed in the community by the tornadoes that ripped through parts of the Dallas area yesterday.
The warmer-than-usual winter left nine Midwestern states with their warmest March on record, and in Illinois the first three months of the year were the warmest three winter months since 1895.
Some 500 students are heading back to classes for the first time since a tornado devastated their southern Indiana school a month ago.
The recent early warmth of spring could spell trouble for apple growers and others if April brings a hard frost.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied the state's appeal for assistance after a deadly tornado and severe storms.
Forecasters say more rain is in store for the middle of the country as wet and windy storms shuffle through the region again.
Last May's tornado in Joplin, Missouri was one of the most devastating in U-S history. It killed 159 people and injured more than 1,000. In a study, the National Weather Service discovered something very disturbing about how people react to tornado warnings. It's behavior that could prove deadly here as well.
Severe weather in the Midwest spawned at least two tornadoes in central Nebraska that damaged homes and derailed train cars.
he National Weather Service says the tornado that leveled a couple of subdivisions in southeastern Michigan had estimated winds around 135 mph.
The National Weather Service is sponsoring several severe weather spotter classes.
The 2012 Severe Weather Seminar in Sauk County will be held on Monday March 26.
39 people killed by the storms that devastated fives states last week.
In the wake of the last week's tornadoes and temperatures in the 70s, snow is now falling on much of the same area of Kentucky.
Tornadoes have left widespread damage in southern Indiana and a sheriff's official says at least one town of about 1,900 people is "completely gone."
A maximum security prison in northern Alabama has been hit by a reported tornado. And authorities say several houses in the region have been destroyed.
A group of community leaders from the tornado-ravaged town of Joplin, Mo., is trying to learn disaster recovery lessons from Hurricane Katrina survivors to take back home.
Forecasters are warning that more violent weather could be ahead today for communities in the South and Midwest already battered earlier this week by tornadoes that left 13 people dead and neighborhoods flattened.
New this year, the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Sullivan, WI is offering Severe Weather Spotter Classes via webinar in addition to the traditional in-person presentation.
Strong gusts Wednesday delayed flights arriving in Denver for part of the day, downed power lines and trees, and fueled two wildland fires in Boulder County.
