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TWISTEX (a backronym for Tactical Weather-Instrumented Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiment) was a tornado research experiment that was founded and led by Tim Samaras of Bennett, Colorado, US, that ended in the deaths of three researchers in the 2013 El Reno tornado. The experiment announced in 2015 that there were some plans for future ...
It was the first known instance of a storm chaser or a meteorologist killed by a tornado. [ 26 ] 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 ]
As of 22 May 2024, there have been 4 direct storm chasing deaths and 12 indirect deaths. Nearly half of the indirect deaths are a result of hydroplaning in conditions after a chase. The first was Christopher Phillips, a University of Oklahoma (OU) undergraduate student, who died in a hydroplaning accident when swerving to miss a rabbit in 1984 ...
Three students with the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology died in a car accident Friday after a successful storm chasing outing. From left, Drake Brooks, Nicholas Nair, Gavin Short.
A storm chaser was pronounced dead after her car was blown off the road in Corning, the Des Moines Register said. Drone video showed massive destruction in Greenfield, about 50 miles southwest of ...
OUTBRK - The Multiplayer Storm Chasing Game; OUTBRK is a multiplayer storm chasing simulation game being developed for PC, set in a fictive, 625 km 2 reproduction of America’s Tornado Alley. The game uses real life weather data (modeled) from the past which are processed into scenarios, which are randomly selected each time a chase is set up.
Storm chaser Tyler Kurtz, 25, of Wichita Kan., spent Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 at an Erie-area hotel during a snow emergency that pounded the region. 'I decided to crash in Erie'
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 ...