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Nine-State Tornado Chase Nets One Twister
A major storm-chasing effort that represented the first phase of a two-year study of tornadoes in the Central U.S. netted researchers just one twister.
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BOULDER, Colo. (June 25, 2009)--Scientists have completed the first phase of a two-year, $12 million project to study tornadoes in the central U.S.
Members of Vortex2 encountered only one twister while stalking storms in a nine-state region including Texas with about 120 researchers and 50 vehicles.
The June 5 twister in southeastern Wyoming was isolated and moved in a relatively straight line.
Vortex2 stands for Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment-2.
Vortex2 focused on Wyoming, Texas, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.
The National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are the main source of funding for the project.
The field study resumes in May.
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of all places they get one in Wyoming!! I would have thought oklahoma or kansas
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