insert_link Weather Nerd Three Meteorology Students Die during “Routine” Storm Chasing Outing As reported by AccuWeather.com, three University of Oklahoma meteorology students died in a tragic car crash on their return trip from Kansas last Friday, where they had successfully intercepted a tornado while on a routine storm chasing outing. According to a report from The New York Times, Nicholas Nair, 20, Gavin Short, 19, and Drake Brooks, 22, had been traveling southbound on Interstate 35 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, a small town near the Kansas border, when […] todayMay 5, 2022
insert_link Weather Nerd What do Storm Spotters look for when trying to Identify a Tornado or Dangerous Storm? If you've been watching the weather news lately, you've already noticed that tornado season is here, and it's wreaking havoc across the country. You may also have seen "storm chasers," or "spotters," out trying to capture the latest event on film. Which leads one to wonder, "what do storm spotters look for?" According to the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), when a storm spotter is scanning the skies and/or […] todayMarch 29, 2022
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