The History Channel documentary features remarks from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Severe Storm Laboratory's Harold Brooks, University of Oklahoma Department of Meteorology Professor Howard Bluestein, the National Weather Service's David Andra, Storm Prediction Center Warning Coordinator Dan McCarthy, NOAA's Doug Forsyth, KWTV (Oklahoma City) chief meteorologist Gary England, KWTV staff meteorologist Mike Armstrong, National Center for Atmospheric Research's Josh Wurman, University of Oklahoma grad students Robin Tanamachi and Chris Weiss, Texas Tech University research associate Russell R. Carter, Texas Tech grad student Ameri B. Gurley, Texas Tech civil engineering Professor Chris Letchford, Van Wert OH Emergency Services Director Rick McCoy, and
storm spotter Dennis Bowen.
And, more often than not, that someone was a storm chaser or
storm spotter.
Other details, such as storm movement,
storm spotter reports, damage reports, and specific locations of greatest danger may be included.
Not exact matches
Although SKYWARN
spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN
spotter is to identify and describe severe local
storms.
Tornado detection has improved with the addition of NEXRAD, the growth of the trained
spotter networks,
storm chasers armed with cellular data and imagery and the proliferation of cell phone cameras and social media.