- Stay Weather Aware: Heavy rain, strong winds and even a slight tornado potential all possible for Charlotte on Sunday
- Stay Weather Aware for heavy rain, gusty/strong winds and even a slight tornado potential in the Charlotte area on Sunday
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- Tornado near El Campo leaves trail of destruction on historic family farm
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Hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions: The life cycle of a tropical system
We’ve heard of tropical storms and tropical depressions, but what do these names mean? And when does a storm become a hurricane? We start with a tropical depression, a low-pressure area in the center of a group of thunderstorms. From a satellite, it doesn’t look very organized, but it does have some rotation. Depressions are numbered by the National Hurricane Center. For example, TD8 was the eighth tropical depression to form this season. Once the…
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