Windstorm warnings sound
dusk to dark: tornadoes bud
down shelters
Rainwater’s morning
dawn uncovers damage done
new buds color scene
Featured original photo by C.E. Price via PIXNIO (CC0)
Written for Naturalist Weekly‘s mini-season/micro-season prompt to write a haiku or senryu that references buds or young plants—via Goff James Art, Music, Phototography, Poetry, and Quotations.
Generally, the months of March through June—springtime—present the highest incidences of tornado activity. However, tornadoes can and do occur throughout the year.
Tornadoes, including violent tornadoes and major outbreaks, can and do occur anywhere at any time of year if favorable conditions develop. Major tornado outbreaks have occurred every month of the year.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
More tornadoes occur in the United States than any other country, but tornadoes are known to occur worldwide.
So, we shouldn’t be too surprised, under any misconception that tornado season is over or has not yet arrived, to actually see a tornado in July . . .
. . . August, or December.
First an inkling, then howling—like a gentle wind through gaps in your threshold Wind bellows, rumbling something unidentified needs acknowledgement Insistence, observed reveals dark winds, carrying bright pool umbrellas
Find the FULL featured tornado image (without added text) at Ping News:
Tornado near Cordell, Oklahoma by Official Photographer (1981)(NOAA)
Credit to NOAA Photo Library: Tornado near end of life – photographed during “Sound Chase.” “Sound Chase” was joint project of NSSL and Mississippi State University. Purpose of project was to record sounds emitted by tornadoes.
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