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Storm Chaser Reed Timmer with TVNWeather.com explains what made storms so dangerous
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There are concerns that severe weather yet again today as we get a clearer picture of what happened when monster tornadoes.
Tore through the suburbs of Dallas -- -- just watching and yelling and praying for the best liked it's.
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Now that you're -- -- safe distance from my next guest in a moment is not at least eighteen reports of tornadoes across the Dallas Fort Worth area.
Storm chaser -- cameras on the -- is -- meteorologist.
And with me now from Texas -- good morning to you.
What would it what you see yesterday.
Well you went -- -- North Texas and our mission is -- is researching nature's we have these armored vehicles that are specifically designed to get inside tornadoes.
And -- tornadoes that are going that are populated areas like Dallas.
We can't target because the flying debris today -- roll our vehicle and so we waited just northeast of Dallas and we're -- -- Saunders sulphur springs Texas.
And the whole thing was rain wrapped and that's what made some of these tornadoes quite dangerous game could -- the brain.
Every experience navigating -- -- -- golf balls tennis ball size hail and Bob -- were tornado and northwest Louisiana near dark to see Rick -- why why are they more dangerous when there's rain attached to that.
-- get these rain wrapped tornadoes the riddle wrapped around the circulation.
And you can't see it coming have a doppler radar that's where you know that the National Weather Service comes from the the plays its windows warnings based on radar rotation.
But when you're out there in the field are out there driving.
The highway they're raptors playing and it -- you can't see that strong sales and outside it's like -- -- to prevent -- Vision from seeing it.
You say you had to have the perfect timing for this storm.
In what way -- enters this.
Forecasts that -- was very give golf -- Area favorable for tornadoes was very localized of the upper west to east outflow boundary had rain cool there to the north.
And Oklahoma and all that warm unstable -- to the south.
As those storms across that narrow corridor.
It quickly produce tornadoes and quickly dissipate so very difficult -- chase especially.
Battles so I'm lucky that set up -- -- worth Metroplex.
Yeah how close did you get read on this one.
We -- real close with a clear eyed today.
Right underneath the development circulate MacBreak wrapping all the way around him that we did not or on the -- -- designed -- -- is that.
I'll cry about fifty feet which I would recommend -- -- -- armored vehicle that we have exposure to sexy up fifteen feet.
Everywhere have a covered vehicle -- specifically designed to do was stand in the way that the tornado we've intercepted over a dozen recorded a 150 about our -- -- one and last -- it didn't happen.
But you know -- those DJ's -- there are tornadoes that are used.
Strong first intercept lovable try to avoid I think it's interesting you say when he gets cities metro areas folks like yourself have to back off.
Because there's so much debris in that area is that right.
Well I have for for research for intercepted those tornadoes directly tornado filled with debris.
There's not one that we might be inside we let it be in the tornados that's in the middle of nowhere that's not harming anyone doesn't have that debris and we're trying to better understand the wind circulation inside tornadoes and to do that I would have -- fighting there could easily roll our vehicle that attaches to the ground is covered with -- armor to protect us from it but.
But it's -- but DFW area for example I mean that's just.
They hit it's it's unfortunate there's there's all kinds of refined and those of what can you do with the information you're gathering -- All right now there were there early days of trying to understand is how strong these these wind speeds get especially right near the ground.
And those Cingular borders usable spare tornadoes we'll split up into the multiple borders these -- suction work sees the like miniature tornadoes that spin around inside.
And they're capable of causing very extensive damage to one house -- house next -- -- be totally untouched.
And we saw some of that Arlington Texas area yesterday where there is you know minimal damage over areas -- one how often have complete devastation.
And our goal -- vehicles as measured is how strong the wind speeds get those suction -- -- a miniature tornadoes that's been around inside.
Read I think the storms are -- view today but it's early April when you're getting your fair share very soon.
Be safe out there read -- Hemmer out of Dallas today thank you for your time.
