Thread: More tornadoes expected on top of April record

More tornadoes expected on top of April record

By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY
Updated 4h 12m ago |

A severe weather forecast this week is expected to heap more tornadoes into a month that already has seen a record number of twisters that have wrecked an airport, destroyed homes and killed scores of people.

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And May is usually worse than April, forecasters say.

The 292 confirmed tornadoes so far this month are more than the previous April record of 267 in 1974 and almost twice the April average of 163, says severe weather expert Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel. And worse may be yet to come because usually the number of tornadoes in May is double the number in April, Forbes says.

“We’re not yet to the time of year when these types of tornadoes are most active,â€

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we have had all sorts of watches and warnings in the North Texas Area for the past three days.

No reports yet of Funnel clouds touching down to be recorded as tornadoes though. alot of Severe Thunderstorms Watches and Warnings as well as Tornado Watches and Warnings the past three days. Its crazy!

Let's hope that the tornadoes and the wildfires don't hit the same place at the same time.

I can't even imagine what that would be like.