A fear that comes from having absolutely no control over an impending disaster. After decades of study and research, tornadoes are still agonizingly unpredictable. And their toll terribly high. In the first four months alone more than 100 people died in 17 major tornadoes. This is one weather phenomenon you can't blame on El Nino.
Tornadoes are mavericks, they're immune to other weather systems.
They can form anywhere cool, dry air collides with warm, moist air funneling and growing into one of the fiercest creatures Mother Nature can create. Here in North Texas, at the end of tornado alley, we're on high alert every time a thunderstorm kicks up the dust, especially in springtime. They tracked down storms like the one that hit Ardmore and were on the spot when the twister arrived. They knew where to go because six hours before their supercomputers had gathered wind and rain patterns and made a scientific guess where a twister was most likely to form. The computer was right.