During springtime in Houston, a steamy afternoon can quickly give way to towering cumulonimbus clouds overhead. Often called "popcorn storms," these cells bubble up quickly and fade just as fast. But ...

Thunderstorms need moisture, energy — which meteorologists call instability — and some sort of lift to form. Usually, the lift comes from cold and warmer air masses colliding along a line called a ...

Cities don't just change the landscape, they change the weather. According to a new study analyzing tens of thousands of rain events in Texas, whether urban areas make rain worse, lighter or simply ...

A new study from the university examined more than 40,000 storms that went through all four of Texas' major metropolitan ...

Severe storms eyeing the Chicago area Tuesday have the potential to produce supercells, considered to be one of the most powerful types of storm. But what exactly are they and what makes them so ...

A supercell thunderstorm can tower 10 or more miles high. It can spit out pinpoint lightning strikes, drop grapefruit-size hail, rage for hours and traverse hundreds of miles. But the secret to a ...

The Texas A&M urban flood study found that cities can actually change the weather, depending on the type of weather event.

THAT MEANS THERE’S A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING AND SENDING IT OVER TO ETHAN. NOW, ETHAN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS WEEK? I DO THINK WE HAVE AN ...

(CNN) — Supercell thunderstorms are dangerous severe storms that unleash destructive hail, roaring winds and powerful tornadoes. They are responsible for nearly all of the United States’ most violent ...