Twister

It's in the center of the circle in

Kingfisher County, moving north.

Tornado warning continues now

and has been extended officially.

I gave this to you earlier.

It's extended over into Oklahoma Cou--

They're calling all of

Oklahoma County right now....

Jo.

-What is it, Mommy?

-We have to get up.

We must go to the storm cellar!

What's happening?

Come on, sweetie.

Hurry!

Mommy's got you.

TV says it's big.

We're going to the storm cellar.

We must move! Hand her to me!

Come on! Let's move.

Go to the center of your

house if there's no cellar.

My Lord!

Come on!

We're almost there!

Take her! Take her!

I'll get the door!

-Get in, Jo!

-Hurry!

It's coming!

Quick!

Light the lamp!

Daddy! Toby's still outside!

Toby, come on, boy!

Good boy!

It's okay, Toby.

Grab Jo!

Daddy!

Take Jo!

God!

I can't hold it!

Jesus! Oh, God!

I can't hold it anymore!

No!

-Daddy!

-No, Jo!

Stay with me, Jo!

-Jo, stay with me!

-Daddy!

At 7 a.m. in Oklahoma City,

the temperature is 75 degrees.

Look, caps are already

starting to break.

All the models are forecasting

lifted indices from -6 to -10.

If the cells keep building, there could be

a record outbreak of tornados.

This is going to be a long day.

Are you sure she'll be there?

If I know Jo, she's already dragged

her department into the field.

Day like today, it's to be expected.

She forgets everything except work.

You're nervous.

Nervous?

No.

Do I look nervous?

No.

Well, yeah, you do a little. You know.

I want to get it over with.

She said she signed the papers?

That's what she said.

You don't think so?

I think so.

Give me a kiss.

Okay, Professor! Hang on there.

I think I fixed it.

I got it.

F*** me! This thing is useless!

Sorry!

Wait, wait!

Good! Give me a reading!

Okay, boss lady, hold your horses.

Which way do you want it?

The dry line is stalled.

Scan WNW, look at mid-levels for

rotation, and increase the P.R.F.

If I mistreat you girl

Sure don't mean no harm

All I'm saying is, don't fold the maps.

I didn't.

Kansas is a mess. There's a

big crease through Wichita.

Roll the maps.

The storm chasers.

Who's that handsome devil?

Gentlemen.

The Extreme! It's the Extreme!

Don't start that sh*t.

A manly handshake ensues.

How you doing, man?

I'm doing great.

Oh, man!

I'd like you to meet Melissa.

This is Dusty.

Dustman's been chasing

with us since we started.

Listen...

...where's Jo?

She's by the Doppler.

Broke down again.

Running out of grant money.

Why don't you hang out here for a

little while. I'll be right back.

Dusty, why don't you

explain to Melissa...

...why you're the way you are.

Come on.

Man, Jo's going to wig

when she sees he's back.

I'm not back.

The prodigal son returns.

Hi, Joey.

Hiya, Jo.

I'm happy you found us.

How you doing?

It's going good.

You see the sky today?

She's really talking.

Catch.

It's the biggest series of storms in

N.S.S.L.'s never seen anything like it.

Is that right? So, Jo,

about the divorce papers--

Do you have a sec?

Excuse me.

This thing's acting up again.

The focus mount's jammed.

There's grass in the auto-focus.

Should I clean it?

Not unless you want to sketch tornados.

Welcome back.

I'm not back.

You want the papers?

I came here for them.

They're signed and ready.

Good. Let's see them.

Right now?

That'd be nice.

What's the urgent urgency?

You act like you're getting married.

I am.

Is it Melinda?

Melissa.

Wasn't there a Melinda somewhere?

There's only been Melissa since you.

Not much for browsing, are you?

I guess I'm not.

There you go.

You missed a page.

Right here.

Where'd this come from?

What're you doing?

Can I read it first?

It's the same as December.

I didn't read it then.

Christ, would you sign it

so we can get out of here?

Please.

"We?" She's here?

She's with Dusty. Now,

please, sign the document.

With Dusty? What's wrong with you?

I want to meet her.

No, you don't.

Christ.

The suck zone.

It's the point...

...basically at which the twister...

...sucks you up.

That's not the technical

term for it, obviously.

I'm Jo Harding.

Nice to meet you.

Bill told me the happy news.

-Which?

-Us. Marriage. Jo, Melissa.

It's happy news.

I guess it seems sudden.

Sudden?

Dude, you're taking the vows?

That's sweet.

We wanted to get it done before

Billy started his new job.

That's right. Weatherman.

What?

-Don't say it.

-I said, weatherman.

-It's great.

-You have that tone.

If you have a problem--

I don't have a problem

being a weatherman.

Dr. Melissa Reeves.

Very nice to meet you.

You too.

New truck?

That's right.

Boy, oh, boy. New job...

...new truck...

...new wife. It's a whole new you.

This is awkward.

Tell me.

I thought you'd come alone.

You said you'd meet me--

It's about Dorothy.

Dorothy?

What about her?

She's here.

Show me.

I can't believe you did it.

We built 4.

She work?

Thought you'd want to be

here for her first time out.

It wouldn't be right

if you weren't here.

This is going to be good!

How sweet is that?

It's Bill's concept.

The Extreme. It came from his brain.

I had a hand in it.

It is great.

What is it?

It's an instrument pack for studying

tornados. First one in history.

It's very exciting.

Scientists have studied

tornados forever...

...but nobody knows

how a tornado works.

We don't know what happens inside...

...because nobody can take

measurements inside the funnel.

That's what she's going to do.

How?

We put her up inside a tornado.

She opens...

...and releases hundreds

of these sensors...

...that measure all parts of

the tornado simultaneously.

You see, it's like this:

These sensors go up the funnel

and radio back information...

...about the internal structure,

wind velocities....

We'll learn more in 30 seconds

than in the last 30 years.

Get a profile for the first time.

What will that do?

If we know how tornados work,

we can design a warning system.

Aren't there warnings already?

-The civil defense--

-They're not good enough.

Right now it's 3 minutes.

If we can get this information,

we can increase it to 15.

Give people a chance to get to safety.

That's what they're trying to do.

I can't believe you did it.

Well, we did it.

How do you get it in?

You get in front of it and

put it in the damage path.

And then get out again quickly.

That's the suck zone.

Excellent! We got major action!

N.S.S.L. says the cap is breaking,

towers are going up 30 miles.

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