Storm chasing for science can be exciting and stressful - we know, because we do it. It has also been essential to developing our current understanding of how tornadoes form and behave.
In 1996, the film "Twister" brought storm-chasing scientists into the public imagination and inspired a generation of atmospheric scientists.
Now that the new movie "Twisters" is in theaters, we're getting questions about storm chasing - or storm intercepts, as we call them.
Below you will find answers to the question of what scientists who do this kind of fieldwork actually do when they set out again after a ...
