Stopping by the Twistex memorial in El Reno to remember Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young. It is hard to imagine a 2.5 mile wedge #tornado across this beautiful countryside. Tim Samaras and the Twistex team have inspired so many science missions including our own at Team Dominator | Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist

44K views · 4.2K reactions | 21 years ago today, we intercepted this insane wedge #tornado near Manchester, South Dakota just as Tim Samaras was surging north to deploy his turtle probe, measuring a ~100 mb surface pressure deficit. It seems the photogenic mega wedges have gone extinct! #stormchasing | Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist | Facebook