A second twister briefly accompanied it. Steve Thompson, a meteorologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet, was storm-chasing and happened to capture that storm from a wide perspective near Palo Duro Canyon.

As storm chasers, they’re both familiar with fast ... Later reports by City officials clocked winds at 69 mph. The Oklahoma Mesonet located at Lake Carl Blackwell registered 173 degrees before ...

Racing towards a potentially deadly storm may sound like an absurd thing to do – but for some scientific researchers, chasing extreme weather can be enlightening as well as exhilarating.