1992WEATHER
A weather research program from the early 1990's, DOT, used for the "Detection of Tornadic Thunderstorms" is explained. Shots of tornados as they look on a computer screen and live. New technology combined with the technology of Doppler Radar to predict severe storms more accurately at the time and in the future. Great shots of tornados.
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WS of a huge tornado approaching from the distance in a big open farm field in Oklahoma, black dust and smoke fill the sky. With narration. Z'in on the thick gray cloud of dust in the sky.
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| 01:00:31 30.4 |
Reporter standing in front of tall building on the campus of North Carolina State University in the early 1990's. He talks about the research and new technology being conducted there that may someday give advanced warnings of tornados and severe storms
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| 01:00:38 37.43 |
Tilt down on computer screen (circa 1990s) with a map of the U.S. showing weather pattern and hands on keyboard. Young man on computer keyboard typing. Vintage hard drive on table to his left. Unseen narrator explains the DOT research program - for detection of tornadic thunderstorms.
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| 01:00:46 45.32 |
CU to digital satellite picture on computer screen showing a big storm approaching.
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| 01:00:54 53.86 |
WS of a tornado twister formed in the sky over farmland.
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| 01:00:58 57.74 |
Tilt down - hand places computer hard disc into vintage hard drive (1990's)
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| 01:01:06 65.6 |
Digital outline of the state of Oklahoma on computer screen shows storm approaching.
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| 01:01:10 69.81 |
CU hand on vintage 1990's computer mouse.
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| 01:01:25 84.28 |
CU finger pointing to digital image on a computer screen of a powerful storm approaching the town of Kingston, Oklahoma in May of 1992.
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| 01:01:47 106.77 |
Aerial pan of damage done by a tornado in Kingston, Oklahoma in 1992. Roofs of buildings torn off, demolished structures, debris everywhere
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| 01:01:54 114.1 |
CU talking head Oklahoma woman talks into camera and describes the debris flying through the air.
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| 01:01:59 118.36 |
Kingston, Oklahoma folk picking through the debris left by the storm.
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| 01:02:12 131.63 |
CU of print outs of storms by the DOT program, tilt down and pan across several printouts hanging on a bulletin board.
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| 01:02:34 153.55 |
CU digital outline of the state of Oklahoma, green areas depict storms.
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| 01:02:38 157.3 |
WS of a tornado twister POV moving vehicle.
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| 01:02:43 162.17 |
Young man, computer weather technician wearing large 90's style wire rim glasses, talks to unseen interviewer about the up and coming Doppler Radar combined with satellite data making predictions much easier and more accurate.
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| 01:02:53 172.96 |
POV moving vehicle down the road - completely ominous and blackened sky in Oklahoma as a tornado approaches.
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| 01:03:06 185.23 |
Blank - end segment.
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| 01:03:06 185.58 |
Countdown
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| 01:03:14 193.26 |
Next segment. Tornado hovers over farm field in Oklahoma.
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| 01:03:23 202.89 |
Computer screen and keyboard circa 1992. Digital images of tornado formation on the screen. (behind the scenes at the Center for Analysis of Storms)
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| 01:03:33 212.46 |
CU hand on computer mouse and mousepad (IBM). Asian man at computer.
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| 01:03:37 216.28 |
Reporter sitting at computer terminal talks into camera about satellite technology and Doplar Radar used to predict severe weather. He points to digital image on the computer screen and introduces the new advanced system to predicts tornados and severe thunderstorms.
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| 01:04:02 241.32 |
CU Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier who runs the new system, ARPS, explains the new model system based on doppler radar which can predict thunder storms that turn into tornados accurately, in real time
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| 01:04:54 293.41 |
Scientists out in the field - "storm chasers" with cameras and Doppler Radar equipment. They point their equipment to the dark gray skies on the horizons.
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| 01:05:11 310.74 |
Map of the Midwest using the technology of Doppler Radar (from Channel 4), a box with the estimated arrival times of the storm.
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| 01:05:12 311.33 |
Future digital tornado forecast (approx. the year 2,000) in 3D displayed on computer screen up close. With narration stating the ARPS computer model can predict a storm before it spawns a tornado - storm clouds look like big icebergs.
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| 01:06:05 364.68 |
1990's computer equipment room with massive hard drives and processors.
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| 01:06:28 387.43 |
Super Computers calculations per second overlays the computer equipment room. Arps can compute 1 trillion calculations per second to predict a forecast.
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| 01:06:45 404.1 |
Blank
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| 01:06:45 404.91 |
Countdown overlay news channel 4 in Oklahoma
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| 01:06:50 409.69 |
Blank
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| 01:06:51 410.86 |
Segment 3. POV moving vehicle across the plains in Oklahoma - a giant swirling tornado touching down. Cars driving by.
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| 01:07:06 425.54 |
Two computer screens with composite pictures of radar on a graphic. An older gentleman, computer scientist, walks around the computer room pointing out the storms indicated on the computer screens.
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| 01:07:21 440.44 |
Tilt down hand on complicated looking switchboard with a screen. Storm on the screen is indicated in moving lime green clouds.
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| 01:07:31 451.05 |
CU hand drawing lines on a scientific weather map. Pan out to male Scientist at the drawing board.
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| 01:07:39 458.89 |
Reporter at computer terminal points out new radar on a computer screen that can predict storms to one hour in advance and is slated to be perfected for use by the year 2,000.
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| 01:07:54 473.54 |
exterior the first Doppler Radar system in the world built in the 1960's in Oklahoma - a one story building with a huge domed structure. CU on the dome.
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| 01:08:06 485.93 |
Perfect wide shot of a tornado touched down and swirling around.
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| 01:08:15 494.52 |
Multi colored doppler radar data, tracking weather patterns (as seen on computer screens).
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| 01:08:43 522.55 |
Pan a large computer room inside the teaching lab at North Carolina State University lined with dozens of computer stations that help make tornado prediction possible. Reporter in the room talks into camera and explains how the data is collected by research scientists.
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| 01:09:04 543.81 |
Tilt down hands on computer keyboard circa early 1990's.
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| 01:09:07 546.13 |
Digital weather information displayed on computer screen.
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| 01:09:18 557.86 |
Ext. shots of Mesonets (look like high tech weather vanes with propellors) - a web of weather stations in Oklahoma that measure weather changes instantly by location.
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| 01:09:34 573.1 |
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