The article Winds And Floods With A Small Chance Of Tornado: What To Know Bay Area appeared first on Walnut Creek Patch. BAY AREA, CA — The National Weather Service is warning of chances of thunderstorms in the Bay Area on Wednesday and even the possibility of a coastal tornado.

High-end tornadoes are probably the last thing on your mind the week before Christmas. Sadly, violent December tornadoes have happened in the past.

Four St. Louisans are in Washington this week to meet with Missouri congressional representatives and push for a stronger Federal Emergency Management Agency. Some will tell their stories of being directly impacted by the May 16 tornado,

A tornado warning was issued for Niihau on Friday morning by the National Weather Service—a rare weather alert for the islands.

Since sharing his life online as a professional storm chaster, Edgar ONeal has created a community of 470,000 followers on TikTok and over 155,000 on Instagram.

A home security camera recorded a tornado ripping through Santa Rosa Del Monday, Paraguay, on1.Footage here, filmed by a camera owned by Marcio Giordani Mattei, shows the tornado swirling across the countryside.

This was only the third tornado warning to be issued in Hawaii since 2000. The most recent was in January 2024 for the island of Moloka’i. In that incident, there was also no significant damage reported. Overall this episode of wet weather caused some problems, but nothing too overwhelming.

The National Weather Service released an updated tornado warning at 9:01 p.m. on Thursday in effect until 9:15 p.m. for DeKalb and Jackson counties.

St. Louis upgrades tornado sirens after 22 sirens failed in May. Upgrades aim for city-wide alerts by 2026. ST. LOUIS — One of two mobile tornado sirens were unveiled by the St. Louis Fire Department Friday. According to fire officials, 22 sirens were not working the day of the May 16 tornado.

It’s not common, but Friday morning, Dec. 19, just after 6:30 a.m., there was a tornado warning for the island of Ni’ihau. Since 7 a.m., it has been

Between Jan. 5-6, Louisville was hit with 10.5 inches of snow, with some areas getting an additional 1/2-inch of ice. Of that total, 9 inches fell Jan. 5 alone, making it the third-snowiest calendar day ever in January and the 11th-snowiest calendar day all time in Louisville. It was the snowiest single calendar day since Feb. 4, 1998.