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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 ...
[38] [40] Another amateur storm chaser was killed in the area. [41] Other storm chasers, including The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes as well as Reed Timmer, were either injured or had their vehicles damaged. Overall, the tornado was responsible for eight fatalities and an unknown number of injuries.
That storm threw them two hundred yards off U.S. Route 81. The SUV was destroyed afterward. [clarification needed] Bettes and his crew were later found and rescued by Reed Timmer and his SRV Dominator crew who were chasing for KFOR-TV Channel 4 in Oklahoma City with their storm chasers when they came upon the wrecked Great Tornado Hunt SUV. [6]
The kindness and courageous acts of storm chasers, emergency responders and community members could be felt and seen immediately following the tornado. ... at least four people were killed, and a ...
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.
Eight deaths were attributed to this tornado including four storm chasers; TWISTEX project leader Tim Samaras, his son Paul, fellow chaser Carl Young, and amateur storm chaser Richard Charles Henderson. [66] [67] That same evening, a large EF3 tornado moved through several St. Louis suburbs, resulting in major damage and two injuries. [68]
The movie 'Twister,' of course, had a role in storm chaser's hobby. Unlike many storm chasers, Sonneborn did not get his love of severe weather from "Twister," the 1996 adventure film starring the ...
While chasing severe storms, a vehicle driven by Randall Yarnall for Kelley Williamson, who were contracting for The Weather Channel (TWC) as stars of their own show, Storm Wranglers, ran a stop sign while northbound on Farm to Market Road 1081 and struck a vehicle driven by Corbin Lee Jaeger going west on Farm to Market Road 2794 in West Texas ...