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Horrible day. a tornado starts with a supercell, a rotating thunderstorm. on these tornados there is one thing that clearly stands out, especially when we look at radar. it's called a hook echo. that's an appendage on the southern flank of the storm. we know these storms aren't flat. they're vertical 40 50, 60,000 feet. let's pull this thing up and look at it. when you look at this big rotating thunderstorm and as massive as it is look at what's going on down here. look at that tornado. so just a small part but the most violent part of that supercell is right there in that tornado. so let's li...

We know these storms aren't flat. they're in the vertical, 40, 50, 60 thought feet. let's pull this thing up and look at it. when you look at this big rotating thunderstorm, as massive as it is, look the a what's going on right here. that tornado. the most violent part of that super cell is right there in that tornado. let's lift the face of this and talk about tornado genesis. a lot of the research over the past several years has gone into what actually kicks off the tornado for the super cell? well, there's one thing that stands out. you can sometimes see this when you're in the field. it is...

The weather channel's jim cantore has an explanation live you've never seen. >> let's talk about the anatomy of a tornado. it starts with a super cell a rotating thunderstorm. but on these tornados there is one thing that clearly stands out, especially when we look at radar. it's called the hook echo. and what hook echo is a little appendage of the southern flank of a storm. we know these storms aren't flat. they're in the vertical 40 50 60 thought feet. let's pull this thing up and look at it. when you look at this big rotating thunderstorm as massive atmass massive as it is, look the a what'...

And around tornadoes. our end of it was truly around tornado genesis, right before the tornado actually happened. what kind of noise, what kind of signature could we pick up just prior to tornado genesis. fortunately for us, myself and my crew, we had gained some data already prior to tim and i, and this weekend tim and i were planning on going over the data. i'm sorry. >> no, it's okay. we understand. lanny, i just want to ask you, when you think of -- because we want our viewers to understand who this man was beyond what he did on television and beyond his heroism in tracking storms. what wi...