Record Month for Tornadoes?

Courtesy: National Weather Service

Although this severe weather season is arguably off to a slow start across the Stateline, that's not the case for other parts of the country. You may remember a tornado outbreak almost two weeks ago that slammed areas from the deep South to the east coast. And just three days ago, an EF-4 tornado devastated the St. Louis area. So far, there have been more than 560 reports of tornadoes in the U.S. this April. Although many of these reports have yet to be confirmed, we are well on our way to setting a record. April of 1974 had 267 confirmed tornadoes, the most on record for the fourth month of the year. So even if just half of the above tornadoes are confirmed, we will set a new record for April tornadoes in the U.S.

Another thing to consider, we've got five days left in the month. And tomorrow already looks like a busy tornado day from Texas into the Ohio valley!