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Ohio is having a very unusual year for tornadoes.More than 30 twisters have been recorded in the state through April 18, far more than in a normal year. That p

So far the National Weather Service has estimated 13 tornadoes hit Middle TN Saturday. Here's a look at how tornadoes are ranked, windspeeds and more.

Meteorologist Mary Ellen Pann takes a closer look at tornadoes and how they have impacted south-central Pennsylvania.

More than two dozen tornadoes have been confirmed from March 31, April 4 and April 5.

A tornado that started in Jackson County on Friday evening has been surveyed by government officials.

See, it looks like people searching for anything, anyone that they can find. trying to help. um you know, can you talk about whats going to happen tomorrow when the sun comes up ? thats when the national weather service will go in and try to try to figure out just how intense the storm was as well as emergency crews being able to do a more thorough search. yeah the national weather service will send out storm survey crews with the ef scale. that theyll determine the rating of this tornado engine...

Learn more about the F Scale and Enhanced Fujita Scale, the accepted standard for measuring tornado severity

Ef-scale, zero is the weakest, five is the strongest. this appears to be a 3 or 4. this was the image taken during the lightning flash last night. again, we had a tornado outbreak for the eighth straight day in a row. devastation in the middle of this country, the ohio valley, is just insane with the amount of houses that have been destroyed any river flooding, flash flooding. four rivers fell yesterday in areas of ohio, areas of arkansas because of the flooding near the arkansas river. these ar...

Currently operating in the dallas area. well have that for you throughout the course of the hour. we also want to get an update on how this weather pattern is now unfolding. for that, we get the forecast from msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider, joining us in monitoring the situation. >> eamon, unfortunately the threat for severe weather across texas is not over yet. were getting strong thunderstorms with frequent lightning strikes just over the texas/oklahoma border and as our reporter on the ...

Richter scale, right? if you do something that cool in life, your grave stone is likely to be this cool after life. charles francis richter, he made the scale that determined the earthquakes. and this japanese researcher, mr. fujita, is the f in the ef-scale. when the tornado touches down, that is rated on the fujita scale. it gives us an idea of how bad the disaster is, one versus five, how seriously we need to react, and how to rank that disaster against the others. i always thought the grandd...