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On May 12, 2023, Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer and his team accomplished an exceptionally difficult task -- intercepting a tornado in an armored vehicle. The terrifying and groundbreaking ...
Reed Timmer (born March 17, 1980) is an American meteorologist and storm chaser. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he took an interest in science, including weather, at a young age, before experiencing severe weather, including a hailstorm at age 13. After presenting weather forecasts at his high school, he began studying meteorology at the ...
August 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM. Dramatic video shows the moment a group of travelers nearly got too close to twisters tearing through North Dakota on Wednesday. Severe storms impacted the northern ...
Part of the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak and tornadoes of 1997. On May 27, 1997, an extremely violent and destructive multi-vortex tornado struck the community of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. [1] The tornado caused $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages and was the subject of multiple well-known photographs ...
Southern, Midwestern, & Eastern United States. Part of the Tornadoes of 2011. The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. [7][8][9][10 ...
Amid a tornado warning on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, powerful winds knocked down trees and branches on Ramona Avenue in Grover Beach. Well, that was an interesting day at work!
The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 480 kilometers per hour (300 mph), are more than 3 kilometers (2 mi) in diameter, and stay on the ground for more than 100 km (62 mi). [3] [4] [5] Various types of tornadoes include the multiple-vortex tornado, landspout, and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling ...
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1997. A deadly tornado outbreak occurred in Central Texas during the afternoon and evening of May 27, 1997, in conjunction with a southwestward-moving cluster of supercell thunderstorms. These storms produced 20 tornadoes, mainly along the Interstate 35 corridor from northeast of Waco to north of San Antonio.