Twister Sisters



Photo Title

Twister Sisters

Photographer/Creator

Richard Sennott

Collection

Publisher

The Star Tribune

Caption/Description

Peggy Willenberg and Melanie Metz Trockman look at a portable computer mounted in their chase vehicle. The monitor shows a radar image of a supercell. They use satelite radio to recieve weather radar images. The view on the screen shows their location via GPS and also show the mesoscale roation in the supercell they are tracking , Outside the 1/2 inch hail and rain are being drived by 70 mph winds.

Citation

Richard Sennott, "Twister Sisters," in POYi Archive, Item #35685, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/35685 (accessed June 3, 2025).

Date Added

07.06.2008