Weather Blog

• NOAA predicts above-normal hurricane season

  Posted on: 3:17 pm, May 23, 2013, by Holly Henry, updated on: 04:51pm, May 23, 2013

  Warmer-than-average water temperatures are expected to help yield a few more Atlantic hurricanes than usual this year...
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• Mike Mather in Okla. speaks to man who captured tornado on video

  Posted on: 12:28 pm, May 23, 2013, by Holly Henry and Mike Mather, updated on: 03:49pm, May 23, 2013

  In the days following the Oklahoma tornado disaster, we are hearing more stories from survivors. NewsChannel 3's Mike Mather is in Oklahoma...
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• Oklahoma tornado: Latest developments

  Posted on: 10:18 am, May 22, 2013, by Holly Henry

  At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday...
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• Check out these 3D radar images of the Oklahoma tornado

  Posted on: 8:42 pm, May 21, 2013, by Patrick Rockey

  These are 3D radar images of the EF5 Oklahoma tornado as it traveled the 17 miles between Newcastle and Moore....
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• How common are violent tornadoes?

  Posted on: 10:20 pm, May 20, 2013, by Patrick Rockey, updated on: 10:21pm, May 20, 2013

  The monster tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon was likely a violent EF4 tornado, which can have...
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• Beware: Rip current season is here

  Posted on: 3:17 pm, May 20, 2013, by Patrick Rockey

  You’re enjoying a day at the beach playing in the surf, when suddenly you find yourself being whisked out to...
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• Dominic Brown: ‘Make your own mosquito trap’

  Posted on: 2:45 pm, May 10, 2013, by Holly Henry and Dominic Brown, updated on: 12:16am, May 11, 2013

  Dominic Brown shows us how to make a homemade mosquito trap - using household items. Friday night at 11 on NewsChannel 3.
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• They’re back! Return of the mosquitoes

  Posted on: 3:30 pm, May 9, 2013, by Patrick Rockey

  We’re dusting off the Skeeter Meter in the VIPIR Forecast center, as the little blood suckers are starting to become...
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• Jefferson Lab to test tornado warning siren on Friday

  Posted on: 10:07 am, May 9, 2013, by Holly Henry

  The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct a test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday...
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• An unusually wet & cool spring? Only half right

  Posted on: 3:40 pm, May 6, 2013, by Patrick Rockey, updated on: 04:35pm, May 6, 2013

  Boy, has it been a wet and cool spring. Everyone’s talking about it. But everyone is really only half right....
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