15th Anniversary of the Owensboro F3 Tornado

Owensboro F3 Tornado: Fifteen years ago today, at approximately 4:10pm, an F3 tornado struck the city of Owensboro, KY.  The tornado damaged a large number of structures, which left many people suffering from injuries as well. Around a dozen of the structures damaged were actually on the campus of Kentucky Wesleyan College.  The following was […]

Arthur Reaches Hurricane Strength

As we mentioned yesterday, there was potential that Arthur would intensify to hurricane strength.  This morning, that came true.  Hurricane Arthur becomes the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, with max sustained winds of ~80mph.  Here is what Arthur looks like via visible satellite: This tropical system is currently crawling at ~10mph northeast along the […]