"In the original Twister, the idea of putting these Dorothy sensor balls into a tornado is completely science fiction, but it inspired a generation of people to want to do scientific research on ...

These are bands of cumulus clouds that extend out from the main thunderstorms. Typically, this is to the southeast or south. Inflow bands usually indicate that the storm is gathering low level air ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Twisters. To try to figure out how realistic the plot of Twisters actually is, TIME spoke with Michael Seger, the chief meteorologist for 2News Oklahoma KJRH, ...