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The cold, hard numbers behind this chase.

Date
Sunday, May 5, 2002
Length of Chase
13 hours
Distance Covered
650 miles
...for the year
- miles
Chase Partner(s)
Curtis Alexander
Scott Giangrande
Katie Green
Cody Kirkpatrick
Matt Milosevich
Kevin Scharfenberg

It took two years of chasing in the Great Plains to see my first tornado. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a killer. We were perfectly positioned a few miles east of Happy, Texas to view the monster. The wide tornado became occluded and turned into a beautiful stovepipe. We got a bit too close to it and were blasted with intense winds. Be sure to take a look at the videos below.

 






 



  • 2002 Storm Chasing Season Time Lapse
  • Contains footage of the Happy, TX tornado of May 5, 2002. Individual clips of this tornado are available here: Happy Tornado (1 MB, 24 sec.), Slammed by RFD (1.4 MB, 33 sec., explicit language).
  • Length: 4 min 19 sec
  • File size: 10.7 MB

 

   

 

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