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5 unusual facts about Storm chasing


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A false positive results as police apprehend storm chasers in a different van, who warn that a violent tornado is approaching.

Night of the Twisters

Bob Iverson, a storm chaser, is driving down the road and manages to save a family from an oncoming tornado.

Severe thunderstorm watch

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch (SAME code: SVA; sometimes referred to as "blue box" or "yellow box" by meteorologists and storm chasers) is issued when weather conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms.

Storm chasing

In the 1980s and 1990s, The Weather Channel and A.M. Weather were popular with chasers, in the morning preceding a chase for the latter and both before and during a chase for the former.

The first recognized storm chaser is David Hoadley (1938– ), who began chasing North Dakota storms in 1956; systematically using data from area weather offices.


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Its usage base grew to include many television weathercasters, including by The Weather Channel severe storms expert Greg Forbes, as well as storm chasers, storm spotters, emergency managers, weather enthusiasts, and is often used within the NWS, itself.


see also

Storm chaser

Storm Chaser, registered United States Service Mark for Warren Faidley, confirmed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the first, full-time, professional storm chasing journalist