Smith, who keeps an enamel pin of the “Twister” VHS on the lanyard she wears at work, is now a research meteorologist at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory ...

The original Twister, with Fort Worth’s Bill Paxton, ... In 1996, a then 10-year-old Burnett was gifted by her family the soon-to-be-worn out “Twister” VHS tape.

TV meteorologists, forecasters and storm chasers in Dallas-Fort Worth credit the first “Twister” movie for stoking their love of weather ... and they can’t wait to see the new “Twisters ...

When it comes to influential films in the world of climate research and weather reporting, few if any could hold a candle to “Twister,” Jan de Bont’s epic 1996 actioner that has spawned a ...