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 dangerous storm came so close to the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky, that the forecasters there had ... hook-like area on the back end of the storm is called a “hook echo ...

CNN meteorologists said Wednesday night that the storm had a "hook echo," a meteorological pattern that suggests the presence of a strong storm Dozens of tornado watches and warnings remain in ...

A destructive tornado has ravaged Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a state of emergency. The storm, which displayed a hook echo radar signature ... platform X that she had received reports of ...

Residents in portions of San Francisco and San Mateo counties were awoken early Saturday by a tornado warning from ... posited showed evidence of a "hook echo," which the National Oceanic and ...