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Even before it was known that Samaras, his son, and Young had been killed, the event led many to question storm-chasing tactics, particularly in close proximity to tornadoes. [27] In addition to the three TWISTEX members, the tornado killed five other people, including local resident Richard Charles Henderson, who had decided to follow the ...
The crushed remains of the TWISTEX vehicle near the intersection of Reuter Road and S. Radio Road approximately 4.8 mi (7.7 km) southeast of El Reno, Oklahoma.. On May 31, 2013, Tim Samaras, his 24-year-old son Paul Samaras, and 45-year-old California native Carl Young died in the record wide EF3 multiple-vortex El Reno tornado. [4]
The chaser information is compiled with radar and lightning data and the project is intended to eventually expand to a standardized open access database covering future events. [47] In association with the project, software was unveiled in 2015 allowing for the synchronization of maps, radar data, and storm chasers' footage of the storm.
Three University of Oklahoma students were killed in a crash as they returned Friday night from a storm-chasing trip to Kansas. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the three people who died as ...
Three men were killed on Tuesday in a car wreck in northwest Texas as an intense tornado-packed storm front rolled through the state, local media reported. Three storm chasers killed in car crash ...
A year later, in 2013, Timmer was injured after chasing the 2013 El Reno tornado for KFOR-TV, which ultimately killed four storm chasers, including Tim Samaras. [ 6 ] [ 38 ] On May 28, three days before the El Reno tornado, Timmer chased an erratic-moving, EF3 tornado near Bennington, Kansas , which he recalled it as "probably the most powerful ...
The Latest on the crash of two Air Force training jets in northwest Oklahoma that killed two airmen. An Air Force base commander says two U.S. airmen were killed in an accident involving two jets ...
The tornado was extremely well-documented by storm chasers. A video of the tornado posted to YouTube by storm chaser Scott Peake gained over 1.7 million views, [7] and another video of the tornado during its lifetime posted by the Storm Chasing Channel went viral. [8] Storm chaser Ben Holcomb also took a video of the tornado from the beginning ...