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Project VORTEX [Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment] experienced a string of close tornado encounters in the first week of June 1995. One of the most memorable was the final day of field operations across the Eastern Texas Panhandle on June 8th. This is the full video from that day recorded from the perspectives of "Probe Vehicle 3" driven by Dr. Matt Biddle, including "up close and personal" sequences near Allison, Texas that inspired the final scenes in the 1996 film, Twister.
Additional information on Project VORTEX 1994-1995: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2016/02/vortex-1994-1995
The video was provided by and made courtesy from Dr. Louis Wicker and the late Dr. Matt Biddle.
© 1995 All Rights Reserved to the respective videographers on VORTEX 1995.
Project VORTEX [Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment] experienced a string of close tornado encounters in the first week of June 1995. One of the most memorable was the final day of field operations across the Eastern Texas Panhandle on June 8th. This is the full video from that day recorded from the perspectives of "Probe Vehicle 3" driven by Dr. Matt Biddle, including "up close and personal" sequences near Allison, Texas that inspired the final scenes in the 1996 film, Twister.
Additional information on Project VORTEX 1994-1995: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2016/02/vortex-1994-1995
The video was provided by and made courtesy from Dr. Louis Wicker and the late Dr. Matt Biddle.
© 1995 All Rights Reserved to the respective videographers on VORTEX 1995.
