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His work was funded in large part by the National Geographic Society (NGS), which awarded him 18 grants for his field work. [7] Samaras designed and built his own weather probes, and deployed them in the path of tornadoes in order to gain scientific insight into the inner workings of a tornado. [7]
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National Geographic Feature - New View of Tornadoes: From the Inside Looking Out (2005) National Geographic Events – Inside the Tornado (2005) National Geographic Today - Storm Chaser Deploys Probe, Makes History (2003) American Society of Civil Engineers. Samaras, T. M., and J. J. Lee, 2006: Measuring tornado dynamics with in-situ ...
The resulting twisters led the National Weather Service to issue 126 tornado warnings, and the agency’s Storm Prediction Center fielded 45 preliminary reports of tornadoes.
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
The tornado warnings Thursday night came just over two weeks after Ohio was hit by nine tornadoes in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 28, seven of which struck central Ohio.
Satellite imagery of the storm system responsible for the May 26–31, 2013 tornado outbreak at 6:10 p.m. CDT. On May 31, 2013, a prominent mid-to-upper level trough and closed mid-level low pressure area moved east-northeastward, with a lead upper low pivoting over the Dakotas and Upper Midwest region.
In the heart of Greenfield, Iowa, a monstrous tornado wreaked havoc on Tuesday afternoon, leaving a catastrophic scene in its wake. The twister tore directly through the town, situated 50 miles ...