Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS
NOVA Home Find out what's coming up on air Listing of previous NOVA Web sites NOVA's history Subscribe to the NOVA bulletin Lesson plans and more for teachers NOVA RSS feeds Tell us what you think Program transcripts Buy NOVA videos or DVDs Watch NOVA programs online Answers to frequently asked questions
Hunt for the Supertwister: Tornado-chasing scientists with an eye to better forecasting risk their lives to plumb the secrets of nature's most terrifying killer.
Inquiry and Article

Tornado Country
Tornado Country How is it that with nearly 200 nations in the world, just one—the United States—gets up to three quarters of all tornadoes?

Forecasting Then and Now
Forecasting Then and Now The remarkable story of 17-year-old Dale Larson and 29 Nebraskan schoolchildren shows how far tornado warning has come since 1928.

Interview and Interactive

Tracking Twisters
Tracking Twisters Can new weather radar networks spot tornadoes earlier and thereby save lives?

Shelter From the Storm
Shelter From the Storm Tornado-damage expert Tim Marshall explains why conventional building practices and sprawl may make for ever graver twister disasters.

Rate Tornado Damage
Rate Tornado Damage Use the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity to assess the level of destruction left in the wake of actual tornadoes.


Resources

TV Program Description
Airs on PBS April 11, 2006
Check local listings as dates and times may vary.

Links & Books

Teacher's Guide

Program Transcript

Buy the Video/DVD
Watch a Preview

Credits

Don't miss upcoming NOVA broadcasts and companion Web sites—subscribe to our e-mail bulletin.


 


Support authoritative science programming like NOVA by making a pledge to your local PBS station today. Pledge now.

 
 


This Web site was produced for PBS Online by WGBH.
Web site © 1996-2004
WGBH Educational Foundation

PBS WGBH

 
 


Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.

HHMI, CPB

Additional funding for "Hunt for the Supertwister" is provided by Intel Corporation and the University of Illinois.


 
NOVA Home Find out what's coming up on air Listing of previous NOVA Web sites NOVA's history Subscribe to the NOVA bulletin Lesson plans and more for teachers NOVA RSS feeds Tell us what you think Program transcripts Buy NOVA videos or DVDs Watch NOVA programs online Answers to frequently asked questions
Microsoft Sprint PCS WGBH PBS