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They have ten mobile radar to scan the tornadoes but one of the key pieces is information they're 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 there's some theory that maybe even the slightest temperature changes can form or dissipate a tornado so that's why they actually put these pods down very close to the tornado, all in the hopes of having them run right over the top of them. it's very helen hunt-esque. they will high tail it out of there bef...

Thank you for joining us. good luck. >> you're 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 moment's notice all part of the newest phase of the vortex-2 project, why thunderstorms spawn tornadoes and others don't. weather channel meteorologist mike bettes is traveling with the team. mike, with a good morning. i don't know if the scientists might be tired of hearing this but you have to think of the movie "twister." i'm looking at you and think...

Experts possibly for months. back to you. >> well, people are still talking about their stories from those five days. that's 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 don't. weather channel meteorologist mike bettes with with members of the vortex-2 project. kind of sounds scary. when are you going to go for your next tornado encounter? when do you expect that to to happe...

Tomorrow with very key and vital in their research. a $13 billion research project. there's 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 a mril and a half was close enough. >> yeah, that was close enough. okay, mike bettes, do take car...

Oklahoma. 37 preliminary reports of tornadoes. we think it'll 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 haven't been officially rated yet. but probably they'll be rated around ef-3 which is quite a strong tornado. it's not the most severe. ef-5. but these tornado caused substantial damage to many structures. >> josh, let me ask you also, what's now the process here? do scientists go into the field to figure out exactly wher...