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ATLANTA, Ga. — Greg Forbes, a severe weather expert for the Weather Channel, has seen his fair share of storms hit communities and neighborhoods.
"Back on May 20, a massive tornado, more than a mile wide, slammed through Moore, Okla. Then May 31 another EF5 tornado hit the area El Reno, a little bit to the west of Oklahoma City," Forbes said, recalling recent storms.
Tim Samaras, a well-known tornado researcher, was killed along with his son during the El Reno tornado. He was part of a team planting instruments to track tornadoes along their paths.
"He was really one of the pioneers," Forbes said.
His unique invention grabbed information from tornadoes as they moved over them.
Samara's invention can be seen at Utah's Natural History Museum.
