ROCK HILL, S.C. — On Tuesday evening, a towering, rotating thunderstorm known as a supercell was seen in York County. A WCNC Charlotte viewer, Kari Smith, sent stunning drone photos of the storm to ...

More severe weather is expected to hit North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad over the third weekend in July. There is plenty of humid July air to fuel storms. Our afternoon storm chances have been ...

Few people realize that storms and clouds are often categorized into a variety of taxonomies — including families, genera, and even species — not unlike like plants and animals. Last Thursday, ...

A supercell is a unique type of thunderstorm characterized by a rotating updraft known as a mesocyclone. The term "mesocyclone" refers to the small-scale circulation occurring in a storm. This is what ...