Local Radar
The data collected in the field gets passed along to other researchers and operational meteorologists to help improve the warning process. Extra lead time during a tornado warning, even by a few minutes, could mean the difference between life and death.
Current Storms
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Twistex
There are still so many unknowns about how volatile the atmosphere can be during severe weather events.TWISTEX (short for Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling Experiment) seeks out thunderstorms each spring and summer to determine why some storms produce tornadoes, and others don't.