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The Northern Tornadoes Project is working to confirm if the Jasper wildfire created one or more fire tornadoes in late July.

A fire tornado is like a supercharged fire whirl ... thunderstorm-like clouds called pyrocumulonimbus clouds as plumes build into the atmosphere. "When you think about a big fire plume, it ...

Carpenter said fire tornadoes are hard to document, and the NWS doesn't issue tornado warnings for the phenomenon. More From ...

"It takes a very intense wildfire to begin with to generate a fire tornado," said Areez Habib, a meteorology student who is working with the project. "And so, it's not very common, but it is a ...

BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS. THE FIRE CHIEF OF RIVER FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHANE WALTON, TELLS US IT HAPPENED ...