Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Hugh W. Shankle and Joe A. Patterson Collections via NWS-Jackson, Mississippi Your mind may still be stuck in the realm of winter's cold and snowstorms.
Tornadoes are vertical funnels of rapidly spinning air. Their winds may top 250 miles an hour and can clear a pathway a mile wide and 50 miles long. Twisters are born in thunderstorms and are often ...