Powerful storms roared across parts of southern Oklahoma Tuesday night and produced dangerous and unusual tornadoes, including one incredibly rare type. At least two of the tornadoes exhibited very odd behavior: one powerful tornado looped backward and recrossed its previous path and another significant tornado spun in the “wrong” direction. Tuesday night’s spiraling tornado weakened as it completed its pirouette near Loveland, but a new issue then emerged: a new, powerful anticyclonic tornado spun up on the southern edge of the same storm. Tuesday night’s anticyclonic tornado was one for the history books on several fronts. Most anticyclonic tornadoes are weak and short-lived, meaning this twister was rare on two fronts.

Source: CNN May 02, 2024 04:27 UTC