So many trees were snapped in this area that the tornado path was visible from satellite.

The tornado path ended at the southeast tip of this small lake.

The tornado path may have been longer but either of these values still hold the record for longest recorded tornado track.

These vortices often create small areas of heavier damage along the main tornado path.

Peak winds were estimated to have been about 180 mph and the width of the tornado path was 275 yd, traveling 26.5 mi.

It was yet more extraordinary for coming after one of the quietest starts to a tornado season.

That first encounter was memorable because we'd had word that a tornado was bearing down on the area - we were in the tornado belt in tornado season.

That there’s such a thing as “sinkhole season,” just as there’s a “tornado season” and “hurricane season,” speaks to the many factors that contribute to the threat.

And, while we might get the occasional battering from the tail end of a hurricane, there's no tornado season in the home counties.

The shocked fourth-grade student revealed he had been leaving a maths class when the school's tornado warning siren first sounded.

Weather forecasting was still fairly crude, and there was no tornado warning system at that time.

The website says the city decided against building a community shelter because the average tornado warning time of ten to 15 minutes would not give people time to get there.

A tornado warning has been issued.

The 1925 storm nudged forecasters toward developing tornado warning systems.

That afternoon, though, the wind picked up, and the rains came, and when a tornado watch was issued, city officials canceled trick-or-treating.

The first tornado watch was issued at 2:45 p.m.

As the hurricane's outer rainbands approached the state, a tornado watch was put into effect for central portions of the state.

A tornado watch must not be confused with a tornado warning.

In light of the increased tornado threat, the first tornado watch was issued around 1:00 p.m.