Gainesville / Flint / New Richmond / Goliad / Waco / Tupelo / Boulder / Howard / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
National Center / Cooperative Institute / University of Oklahoma / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Purdue University / /
IndustryTerm
radar systems / natural gas supply lines / electricity / technological tools / weather radar systems / steel / /
Organization
VORTEX2 mission / University of Oklahoma / National Science Foundation / National Center for Atmospheric Research / Steering Committee for the Verification of the Origins of Rotation / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Purdue University in Indiana / Center for Severe Weather Research / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center / Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and an Adjunct / National Weather Service / /
Person
Joshua Wurman Joshua Wurman / Karen Kosiba Karen Kosiba / Donald Burgess Donald Burgess / Sean Casey / Donald Burgess Joshua Wurman Karen / /
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research scientist / scientist / research meteorologist / meteorologist / Professor of Meteorology / atmospheric scientist / powerful conductor / founder / /
Traversing the “severe weather capital of the world,” “Tornado Alley” documents two unprecedented missions seeking to encounter one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring events—the birth of a tornado. Filmmaker Sean