How Tornadoes Form
The formation of a tornado can be broken down to three stages: 1) low level horizontal spin,…
Understanding Hail
Hail, Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm…
Severe Weather Preparedness
Tornadoes, floods, thunderstorm winds, hail, lightning, heat, wildfires, rip currents and tsunamis - spring is three months…
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Midland, MI: Devastation After The May 2020 Sanford Dam Breaks
Life in mid-Michigan will never be the same for many residents of Midland and Sanford after the rain-swollen Tittabawassee river breached the dams in Sanford and Edenville in May 2020. Thousands were evacuated, and officials were…
Hot Weather Survival Tips In Extreme Summer Heat
During hot weather in the extreme summer heat, keep informed by listening to local weather & news channels, monitor iAlert.com alert dashboard, and use common sense to protect yourself from the extreme summer heat. Tips to…
How to Use the National Hurricane Center Cone Graphic
The National Hurricane Center cone graphic shows the areas potentially being affected by the sustained winds of tropical storm force (in orange) and hurricane force (in red). The display is based on the wind radii…
2023 Atlantic Hurricane Names | 2023 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reports
Hurricanes are named alphabetically from a predetermined list beginning the letter “A” through “W”, excluding names that begin with “Q” or “U.” A storm is first named by the National Hurricane Center when the system becomes a tropical storm…
iAlert Services LLC Enhances Weather Alert Notification Services with the Launch of WxData.com
iAlert Services LLC (iAlert.com) made a key addition to their service portfolio by introducing WxData.com, a new service that provides members low cost and highly reliable API access to current and historical weather data for apps…
NOAA: September 2019 tied as hottest on record for planet
The globe continued to simmer in exceptional warmth, as September 2019 tied with 2015 as the hottest September in NOAA’s 140-year temperature record. The month also capped off another warm year so far, with the globe…
2021 Atlantic Hurricane Names | 2021 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reports
Hurricanes are named alphabetically from a predetermined list beginning the letter "A" through "W", excluding names that begin with "Q" or "U." A storm is first named by the National Hurricane Center when the system becomes…
NOAA: Early Winter Weather Forecast For 2019 / 2020
NOAA: The October-November-December (OND) 2019 temperature outlook favors above normal temperatures throughout the entire forecast domain, although probabilities vary. The highest regional probabilities for above normal temperatures are forecast across parts of the Southwest, the Northeast,…
Hurricane Dorian Update 11:00 am September 5, 2019
...EYEWALL OF DORIAN JUST OFFSHORE OF THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.5N 79.1W ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM ESE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT 140 MI...225 KM SSW OF…
