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How forecasting has changed since the 1996 movie 'Twister'
NBC News· 2026-05-09 02:24
To help us separate Hollywood from reality, we are happy to be joined by Dr. . Shawn W, a research scientist with Noah's National Severe Storms Laboratory, who advised the tech in the Twisters 2022 2024 film and is joining us from where else. A stormchasing vehicle.We love it. Glad to have you, Doc. I have to ask, in the original Twister, Helen Hunt's character dreamed of increasing tornado warning times to 15 minutes, and now we're more or less there thanks to advances in technology with Doppler and phrase ...