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They have ten mobile radar to scan the tornadoes but one of the key pieces is information theyre miss iing is the data vy close to the ground as that funnel touches the ground so they have these tornado pods they destroy and that measures temperature, wind speed, humidity and pressure, and theres some theory that maybe even the slightest temperature changes can form or dissipate a tornado so thats why they actually put these pods down very close to the tornado, all in the hopes of having them ru...

Thank you for joining us. good luck. >> youre welcome. >> thank you. god bless. >> and you. a group of scientists, students, and researchers have set up camp in tornado alley. they have a fleet of 40 vehicles ready to chase down a storm at a moments notice all part of the newest phase of the vortex-2 project, why thunderstorms spawn tornadoes and others dont. weather channel meteorologist mike bettes is traveling with the team. mike, with a good morning. i dont know if the scientists might be ...

Experts possibly for months. back to you. >> well, people are still talking about their stories from those five days. thats for sure. in the u.s. today a group of researchers are hoping for some disruptive weather. you heard right. they have gathered together and loaded up with storm chasing equipment all in an effort to find out why some massive thunderstorms spawn tornadoes and others dont. weather channel meteorologist mike bettes with with members of the vortex-2 project. kind of sounds sc...

Tomorrow with very key and vital in their research. a $13 billion research project. theres a lot at stake here. >> there is. bill paxon and helen hunt stars of the movie "twister." this is just like that. how close have you gotten to a tornado? >> reporter: well, last year the one tornado we were right there. we were a good distance away from it when it first formed. it came right towards us and we were lucky, though. about a mile and a half before it got to us it completely fizzled out. i think...

Oklahoma. 37 preliminary reports of tornadoes. we think itll be a little calmer today. there is still that chance in isolated areas of western oklahoma for tornadoes today. >> let me ask you, joshua, exactly how bad were these tornadoes in the scheme of things? >> well, they havent been officially rated yet. but probably theyll be rated around ef-3 which is quite a strong tornado. its not the most severe. ef-5. but these tornado caused substantial damage to many structures. >> josh, let me ask y...