Project VORTEX (And More) - Part 3

Project VORTEX (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment) was a field project that involved surrounding a tornado with vehicles that have various weather instruments in an effort to identify what causes a tornado to reach the ground. This is part three of three of a video that shows different clips filmed by the VORTEX team. Other clips are also shown by other non-VORTEX chasers who were chasing around the same area as the VORTEX team.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• VORTEX
• tornado
• tornados
• tornadoes
• twister
• twisters
• storm
• storms
• chaser
• chasers

[WillieDines1]

Awesome uploads Colonel :), thank you :)

The tornado at the end of this clip was a BEAST, I had been trying to find the rest of the video clip of that particular tornado, and so, I'm glad to see that footage in more detail :)

Top rating :)

[ColonelAngus75]

You're welcome, Willie!

On another tape I have a few seconds of Tim Marshall's footage of the Allison tornado (that's actually his vehicle passing by at 9:00) that I may upload in the future.

[theclubman]

i did see this on TV before it is very educatianal but on TV they didnt show the whole video

[alert3820]

project vortex very good and excelent video very educatianal very infromative very enjoyable needs to be put on cable tv is a excelent learning and teaching tool

[WWERULEZ1000]

makes sense i guess

[NotALeaderOfMen]

It depends on the vehicle and the direction its facing, among other variables. Lets just say they got lucky. I was in a pickup and got hit by 90 mph winds a few years ago, you will think you are about to start rolling when winds like that hit you. All it did to me was rock the truck around some.

[WWERULEZ1000]

lol @ the RFD at 6:30..if it was around a 90 mph gust out of the west..( knots and mph are not the same )...why werent they blown over?

[NotALeaderOfMen]

That is some of the most incredible video I have ever seen. They are playing awfully close to that wedge. I like to get close, but I dont know about that.

You can always mark it as a good chase when you get hit by powerlines and see asphalt pulled up.

[SpiritHartford]

yo. nice vid man. im right behind u. 2 years, and im out there.

[ColonelAngus75]

I taped a program off TLC back in 2000 called "Tornado Chasers" that made the same mistake.

[WillieDines1]

Now that would also be worth watching for sure :)

I had a feeling that Tim Marshall would have been on the road that day too, I think just about every well known chaser/researcher was on the road that day :) lol

The tornado at 1.00 looked to be a very nasty multiple vortex mosnter, and I think that was the tornado that had scoured the concrete on the road shortly afterward, as I barely remember it being shown on another documentary :)