Tornado Hunt Team Takes Direct Hit by Tornado

[steve2470]

http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/tornado-hunt-team-takes-direct-hit-tornado-20130531

The Weather Channel Tornado Hunt Team is safe, but shaken up after their chase vehicles took a direct hit by a violent tornado west of Oklahoma City.

Meteorologist Mike Bettes was chasing the monster rain-wrapped tornado near El Reno, Okla. when he says the storm picked up the heavy chase SUV and threw it an estimated 200 yards.

"We were ahead of the storm. We stopped to broadcast and I saw a large violent wedge tornado," Bettes said in a live phone interview after he established phone connection after the incident.

"What we were trying to do was just get away from it and get to the south side of it," Bettes said. "But what ended up happening was all three of our vehicles that we chase with were all hit by it."

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They are very lucky to be alive.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. More accurate headline:

Tornado Hunt Team FINDS Tornado

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Tornado finds Tornado Hunt Team

most accurate

[Bobbie Jo]

6. Perfect.

[Posteritatis]

4. Tornado Hunt Team Hunted By Team-Hunted Tornado (nt)

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Very good!!!!

[Marr]

3. Man Shouts Helpful Orders at Driver

"DRIVEDRIVEDRIVE", said area man Brandon Sullivan, offering invaluable guidance to Brett Wright, his partner. "I was sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, on a lonely country road and there was a violent tornado behind us. If Brandon hadn't conceived that ingenious plan, I don't know what we would've done", said the bewildered young man.