NORTH ATLANTA -- Springtime across Georgia can be as deadly as it is beautiful as the mix of cold and warm air circulate to form tornado season.
A deadly string of tornadoes on April 27 killed over 160 from Alabama into north Georgia, and stands as a reminder of how quickly the wind funnels can form and their damage to both life and home.
Meteorologists at 11Alive and across the country look to the severe storms office at the National Weather Service for new watches and warnings based on the Doppler radar, and from eyewitness reports from several who chase a newly formed tornado.
They are known as storm chasers, and a few have become well know on the popular show on Discovery Channel, Storm Chasers.
Marcus Gutierrez is one of those well known storm chasers.
This reporter stood with Marcus near the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 in north Atlanta -- a heavily armored science vehicle in which he drives in the program.