Various footage of VORTEX administrators, field workers and computer room.
Dr. ERIK RASMUSSEN, VORTEX Director at NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma gives overview of VORTEX (Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment) project. He says the primary objective is to understand what cause tornadoes to form. He says that it is safe to say that VORTEX will revolutionize tornado understanding.
TLSs of the VORTEX armada rolling out; the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory van pulls out, followed by several passenger sedans outfitted with odd scientific measurement contraptions on roof.
VORTEX scientists at workstations / people at computers. CU computer screen showing map of the United States with various weather systems about; zoom out to MS two Caucasian men viewing computer screen. MS young white man working at PC computer station. MSs several people working at computers.