Editing Storm chasing (section)

{{Short description|Pursuit of any severe weather condition}}
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[[File:Tornado chase NSSL.png|upright=1.35|thumb|Photos from [[National Severe Storms Laboratory]] (NSSL) in [[Norman, Oklahoma]] show staff and instrument chasing tornadoes during the first [[VORTEX projects|VORTEX project]] from 1994 to 1995. The first photo was in [[Graham, Texas]], and the second southeast of [[Shamrock, Texas]].]]
[[File:NSSL vehicles on Project Vortex.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[National Severe Storms Laboratory|NSSL]] mobile [[mesonet]] vehicles on the first [[VORTEX projects|VORTEX project]] (which operated in the seasons of 1994 – 1995), equipped with surface measurement equipment.<ref name="Straka">{{Cite journal |last1=Straka |first1=Jerry M. |author-link=Jerry Straka |last2=Rasmussen |first2=E. N. |last3=Fredrickson |first3=S. E. |date=1996 |title=A Mobile Mesonet for Finescale Meteorological Observations |journal=Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=921–36 |bibcode=1996JAtOT..13..921S |doi=10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0921:AMMFFM>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free}}</ref>]]

'''Storm chasing''' is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any [[severe weather]] phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or for news or media coverage.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=storm+chaser |title=Glossary of Meteorology |publisher=American Meteorological Society |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-878220-34-9 |editor-last=Glickman |editor-first=Todd S. |editor-link=Todd Glickman |edition=2nd}}</ref> A person who chases storms is known as a storm chaser (or "chaser" for short).

While witnessing a [[tornado]] is the single biggest objective for most chasers, many chase [[thunderstorm]]s and delight in viewing [[cumulonimbus cloud|cumulonimbus]] and related [[cloud]] structures, watching a barrage of [[hail]] and [[lightning]], and seeing what skyscapes unfold. A smaller number of storm chasers attempt to intercept [[tropical cyclone]]s, [[waterspout]]s, [[blizzard]]s, and other weather phenomena.<ref name="ST FAQ"/>