A hook echo doesn’t always mean a tornado is in ... The clear, wedge-shaped area that helps give the hook its shape shows where air is being sucked into the storm — like an intake.

A hook echo doesn’t always mean a tornado is in ... The clear, wedge-shaped area that helps give the hook its shape shows where air is being sucked into the storm — like an intake.

A destructive tornado has ravaged Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a state of emergency. The storm, which displayed a hook echo ...

CNN meteorologists said Wednesday night that the storm had a "hook echo," a meteorological pattern that suggests the presence of a strong storm Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart of news ...

A "hook echo" and tornado as mapped at fine-scale resolution by a Doppler On Wheels (DOW) radar. Image courtesy of the Center for Severe Weather Research. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

UNFORTUNATELY, AS IT CROSSED OVER TO MISSISSIPPI, WE HAD THIS CLASSIC HOOK ECHO SHAPE SHOWING THAT THIS IS A MORE DEFINED TORNADO COMING HOOK ECHO. JUST LIKE THE HOOK OF A HOOK THAT YOU FIND OF A ...