Marco made landfall around 6 p.m. local time as a tropical storm, and just before 10 p.m. it was a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said. … Storm surge watches stretched from San Luis Pass, Texas, to Ocean Springs, Mississippi. When did tropical storm Marco make landfall? Marco reachedRead More →

Hail forms inside of cumulonimbus clouds (cumulonimbus clouds are anvil shaped and usually thunderstorm-producing clouds) when there is a strong updraft to carry graupel pellets back up into the cloud. What causes hail instead of snow? Hail can occur at any season, and it occurs during strong thunderstorms. Every stormRead More →

When severe storms are located on radar in the area, they will close down the coasters. There are days when they may close a ride temporarily for some maintenance (i.e. to clean up a mess on a ride, etc.) but they aren’t generally closed for long. Why is Sooper DooperRead More →

Each of those deaths was significant, but three were particularly unusual: the first storm chasers ever known to be killed in a tornado. The violent winds enveloped Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul Samaras, 24, and his colleague Carl Young, 45, toppling their car like a toy in a breeze.Read More →

In 2005, film director John Gatins made a motion picture titled Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story in which the horse “Soñador” is based on Mariah’s Storm. Did Kurt Russell Buy Dakota Fanning a horse? Kurt Russell, who played her dad in the same film, was so impressed that heRead More →