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Why does north Texas always get hit by tornadoes?

Categories: National, Weather

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Oklahoma beats Texas, again. (But for once, I’m glad)

The battle lines have been drawn at the Red River, and the final statistics are in. The competition: Which state had the hotter summer in 2011? According to finalized data just released by the National Climatic Data Center, reported by John Nielsen-Gammon, Oklahoma narrowly edged out the Lone Star State. Oklahoma’s final average temperature for […] [Read More]
Categories: Weather

Another tornado outbreak: When will it end? Is it unprecedented? Could it happen here?

Another day, another tornado outbreak. Yesterday the twisters tore through Oklahoma and Kansas, just two days after a massive tornado ripped through the southwest Missouri town of Joplin and killed 122 people. Also on Tuesday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bumped the Joplin tornado up to EF-5 status, the highest on the Enhanced Fujita […] [Read More]