Center For Severe Weather Research Scientists Search For Tornadoes To Study

PORTALES, NM - MAY 9: (L to R) Support scientist Rachel Humphrey talks with meteorologist Nicholas Stewart as Hunter Anderson, intern at Center for Severe Weather Research, prepares a GoPro camera as they wait for thunderstorms to develop during a tornado research mission, May 9, 2017 in Portales, New Mexico. Tuesday was the group's second day in the field for the 2017 tornado season for their research project titled 'TWIRL.' With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research try to get close to supercell storms and tornadoes trying to better understand tornado structure and strength, how low-level winds affect and damage buildings, and to learn more about tornado formation and prediction. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)