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Tornado Season 2009
My husband Curt, has always dreamed of being a Storm Chaser. Storm chasers are committed to learning as much as possible about the workings of a tornado. 'Night of The Twisters' is an incredible movie that dramatizes the power of a tornado.
Super cells that spawn tornadoes pack torrential rain, extreme lightning, giant hail and destructive winds. By all means be alert to watches and warnings in your area. Safety is your prime concern.
Ridin'the storm out,
Kelly Wissink
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- If u miss storm chasers, then move out here. I live in SW Kansas right w... (YouTube http://youtu.be/AKv-jjuOGnc?a)
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- I favorited a YouTube video -- Storm Chasers - Inside The Tornado - Near Death Intercept http://youtu.be/06YyI7crOy0?a
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- RT @Discovery: Storm Chasers' Reed Timmer is in Argentina. Follow him @TornadoVideos for updates & live video
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- Storm Chasers' Reed Timmer is in Argentina. Follow him @TornadoVideos for updates & live video
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- Note for storm chasers: This could come in handy: http://www.radioreference.com/ #WX
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- @tornadovideos My children are playing Storm Chasers in their bedroom. : giggles :
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- Extreme weather photographers Michael Phelps and Jim Reed appear on Dangerous Drives: Storm Chasers on the Speed Channel this Wed. @ 8pm ET
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- Storm Chasers are really emokids in disguise.
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- update on no. 8 on my list of 1,000 things to do. http://bit.ly/65vYiZ some storm chaser links to best times, places, and famous chasers
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- #09memories Storm Chasers with Lauren, on our bikes. Checking the Doppler. Seeing several rainbows. Never actually catching the storms.
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- @JimCantore My husband calls me a weather geek too =) Because I watch TWC all the time. One day I want to ride with storm chasers =)
Storm Chasers' Tornado Video
Storm chasers sustain direct hit from tornado! June 29, 2005
Incredible video from extreme close range of beautiful tornadoes in southern Minnesota on June 29, 2005. TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Dave Holder document a tornado as it develops in a corn field 50 yards away! Check out TornadoVideos.net for more incredible tornado footage, breaking news, and our live GPS tracker!
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NOAA Image- 1965 PALM SUNDAY DOUBLE TORNADO, Elkhart, Ind.
HUGE MANITOBA TORNADO! June 23, 2007 Video
HUGE MANITOBA TORNADO! June 23, 2007 -
TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Dave Holder captured this huge, violent wedge tornado in southwest Manitoba on June 23, 2007. We were blasted by mud and flying corn stalks as the tornado crossed the road less than 200 yards away! Check out TornadoVideos.net for more insane tornado video.
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Tornado Alley
Meet The Storm Chasers
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Tornado on Wikipedia
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. The most intense of all atmospheric phenomena, tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust. Most tornadoes have wind speeds between 40 mph (64 km/h) and 110 mph (177 km/h), are approximately 250 feet (75 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. The most extreme can attain wind speeds of more than 300 mph (480 km/h), stretch more than a mile (1.6 km) across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
Various types of tornadoes include the landspout, multiple vortex tornado, and waterspout. Waterspouts have similar characteristics to tornadoes, characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind current that form over bodies of water, connecting to large cumulus and thunderstorm clouds. Waterspouts are generally classified as non-supercellular tornadoes that develop over bodies of water. These spiraling columns of air frequently develop in tropical areas close to the equator, and are less common at high latitudes. Other tornado-like phenomena which exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirls, and steam devil.
Tornadoes are detected through the use of Pulse-Doppler radar though the use of velocity data and reflectivity patterns such as a hook echo, as well as by the efforts of storm spotters. Tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica. However, the vast majority of tornadoes in the world occur in the Tornado Alley region of the United States, although they can occur nearly anywhere in North America. They also occasionally occur in south-central and eastern Asia, the Philippines, east-central South America, Southern Africa, northwestern and southeast Europe, western and southeastern Australia, and New Zealand.
There are several different scales for rating the strength of tornadoes. The Fujita scale rates tornadoes by damage caused, and has been replaced in some countries by the updated Enhanced Fujita Scale. An F0 or EF0 tornado, the weakest category, damages trees but not substantial structures. An F5 or EF5 tornado, the strongest category, rips buildings off their foundations and can deform large skyscrapers. The similar TORRO scale ranges from a T0 for extremely weak tornadoes to T11 for the most powerful known tornadoes. Doppler radar data, photogrammetry, and ground swirl patterns (cycloidal marks) may also be analyzed to determine intensity and award a rating.
Current Weather in Oklahoma City, OK
Current weather conditions in Oklahoma City, OK (73126)
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Storm Chasers/Perfect Disaster
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Tornado Paths Using Google Maps
- Fly Tornado Paths Using Google Earth
- Historical tornado paths drawn using Google Maps with option to fly the path using Google Earth.
Tornado Preparedness: The Six Keys to Funnel Safety
- Tornado Preparedness-We'll use the acronym S.T.O.R.M.S.
- The US has more tornadoes than any other area on the globe. We get them in the spring, as weather changes in the fall, when summer storms hit, and as byproducts of hurricanes. Though the Midwest is known as "tornado alley," there's really no place in the country that's immune. Add to this the fact that hurricanes and severe thunderstorms can produce directional winds nearly as destructive as the vortex of a twister, and it's easy to see that we need additional preparedness info beyond "duck and cover."
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IMPROVES TORNADO RATING SYSTEM
- NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IMPROVES TORNADO RATING SYSTEM
- The F Scale was developed in 1971 by T. Theodore Fujita to rate tornadoes and estimate associated wind speed based on the damage they cause. The EF Scale refines and improves the original scale. It was developed by the Texas Tech University Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, along with a forum of wind engineers, universities, private companies, government organizations, private sector meteorologists and NOAA meteorologists from across the country.
Tornado Storm Chasing Tours
- TRADD STORM CHASING TOURS - CHASE TORNADOES SAFELY WITH US!
- TRADD offers safe tornado storm chasing tours in tornado alley, since 1995.
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- Mountainside-Crochet Mountainside-Crochet Mar 8, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
- Enjoyed your lens. I LOVE storms, particularly thunderstorms, and follow the weather closely. Given the opportunity, I'd ride along with a storm chaser team in a NY minute!
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- papawu papawu Feb 9, 2009 @ 1:18 pm
- I know that these storm chasers and tornado chasers literally risk their lives to provide much needed information, but for the life of me, I just can't seem to wrap my head around actually going after tornados. Cuuurazy man, Cuuurazy.
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- papawu papawu Feb 9, 2009 @ 1:18 pm
- I know that these storm chasers and tornado chasers literally risk their lives to provide much needed information, but for the life of me, I just can't seem to wrap my head around actually going after tornados. Cuuurazy man, Cuuurazy.
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- lou16 lou16 Nov 11, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
- Great lens, I have added it to my Miracle of Lightning lens.
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- Sunshine + cold air + sledding/skating/snowshoeing = really tired kids.
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- @Randy_Gage That is because you are just so darn good at what you do, Randy! Thanks and Congratulations!
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- Kids are living outside this winter. Sledding, luge run, and ice skating all in back yard. We really need to move to Alaska!
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