Heavy traffic and flooded roads were reported near Flood Avenue and Tecumseh Road in Norman on Tuesday as severe weather ...

The shots are all very cool, but I can’t argue with the No. 1 pick: a mesocyclone over Colorado, taken by photographer Marko Korosec: I expect to see Thor riding down the middle of that thing.

This feature of a severe storm is called a mesocyclone. This large area of rotation in a storm, over time, can send energy down to the ground in the shape of tornadoes. Chevron CEO warns against ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Supercells are the powerhouse of thunderstorms, they are capable of producing large hail, damaging winds, and long track tornadoes. What makes a supercell so special? BLOG: The ...

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The turning of the winds with height helps the thunderstorm develop its most essential component: the mesocyclone. A mesocyclone (or "meso" for short) is formed when a thunderstorm updraft meets ...

What, a gorgeously shot series of mesocyclones and other storms recorded forming in a time-lapse video? Yeah, you know I want to show you that. Hypotheses abound, including light bouncing off hail ...

He called the circulations "tornado cyclones." Today the "tornado cyclone" of Brooks is called a mesocyclone. The same day the first hook echo was observed by the radar in Campaign-Urbana ...

A supercell is a thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, which is classified as a mesocyclone. The rotating updraft is what sets a supercell apart from a typical thunderstorm. In order for a ...