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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood lawd! Tweet from a weather helicopter trying to move further away:
@nycjim: KFOR news helicopter:
"This thing is sucking us in and we're a mile away."
Following tweets. Don't know if they got out of flow yet.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...I was just watching on a live feed. I couldn't believe there was a helicopter up there with that monster. They've got to be insane.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)It still seems incredible that they do this. They are trying to give precise info.
My worry would be another tornado forming suddenly where I was located.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)I suspect the flight characteristics would be somewhat degraded.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I'm sure flying in any storm weather would be difficult. Hail would add greatly to the danger.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Than having a cone form around you.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)However, when tornado weather is around, they can form very quickly. It wouldn't have to form around you. Forming near you could destabilize the flight.
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(52,243 posts)ZRT2209
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(10,926 posts)Blue Owl
(50,386 posts)Yowza that's one badass tornado...
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)and was going maybe 15 miles per hour. This was in a volvo with turbo charge. It felt like i'd never get out of that outside edge of
the storm.