Wind shear is the measurement of the difference in wind direction and speed over a short distance in the atmosphere. Wind ...

For example, hurricanes thrive in low wind shear environments because it allows warm, moist air to rise uninterrupted, feeding the storm's development. Conversely, thunderstorms benefit from the ...

Tornadoes are among nature's fiercest furies. Despite the destruction they can cause, the mechanism that results in tornadoes ...

The line of storms is showing some intense wind gusts up to 70 mph in the Chesterton, Indiana area and heading into far ...

By the evening, a cold front will approach from the west which will bring a line of showers and storm into the region.

Damaging winds and even the possibility of a brief, spin-up tornado will be the threats. Timing will be very important.

All modes of severe weather from hail and flooding to tornadoes and damaging wind are more common as we approach April and ...

Today is the first day of Spring, and it will feel like it. We are going to have a warm and breezy day for sure. There won’t be much rain until late in the afternoon, but there will be some ...

The line of storms does have enough wind shear to make an isolated tornado or two a possibility. Here’s the radar forecast up to 1 a.m. Storms look like they can stay severe until 10 p.m. but ...