As severe weather season approaches, understanding the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning can help save lives. Both alerts indicate potential tornado threats, but they serve ...

Over 900 tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued by local NWS offices during the outbreak. Three of these tornadoes were rated EF4, a threshold the NWS classifies as violent tornadoes.

An EF1 tornado touched down in Pender County Sunday night, officials with the National Weather Service confirmed Monday. A second EF1 tornado hit Perquimans County, in coastal northeast North Carolina ...