![Researchers in front of a OU CIMMS mobile radar unit and the NOAAP-3 airplane used in VORTEX-Southeast.](https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/07/VORTEX-SEradar2018-150x150.jpg)
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory researcher had a different view of tornadoes this spring — flying high above them in a NOAA P-3.
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory researcher had a different view of tornadoes this spring — flying high above them in a NOAA P-3.