Arkansas is no stranger to severe weather, with threats ranging from large hail and damaging winds to tornadoes and flash ...

This Is All The Same Storm This powerful and sprawling storm system is responsible for extreme weather across multiple ...

While the United States experiences tens of thousands of thunderstorms each year, they come in different types. Here's what to know about four of them, from a supercell to the multi-cell.

In some extreme cases, thunderstorms can spawn a derecho, a long-lived windstorm with gusts over 100 mph, strong enough to ...

Supercells have the capability to produce tornadoes, damaging hail and strong downdrafts ... On radar, an LP will not show up as a hook echo because there's not enough precipitation within ...

Hail is a good reflector of energy and will ... while the TDWR clearly depicts the hook echo, as well as the Rear-Flank Downdraft (RFD) curling into the hook. Image credit: National Weather ...

A "hook echo" and tornado as mapped at fine-scale resolution by a Doppler On Wheels (DOW) radar. Image courtesy of the Center for Severe Weather Research. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

A hook echo is seen on the AccuWeather radar near ... This allows meteorologists to determine where it is raining, where hail is falling, and where a tornado on the ground is throwing debris ...

and spawn massive hail, destructive winds, and violent tornadoes. Their eerie "mothership" appearance and signature hook echo on radar often signal extreme weather is brewing. These storms thrive ...