Good lawd! Tweet from a weather helicopter trying to move further away:

[Are_grits_groceries]

@nycjim: KFOR news helicopter:
"This thing is sucking us in and we're a mile away."

Following tweets. Don't know if they got out of flow yet.

[Wait Wut]

1. I wonder if it's the same one...

...I was just watching on a live feed. I couldn't believe there was a helicopter up there with that monster. They've got to be insane.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. They've done this for a while.

It still seems incredible that they do this. They are trying to give precise info.
My worry would be another tornado forming suddenly where I was located.

[hootinholler]

5. OH? Try to fly one in baseball sized hail

I suspect the flight characteristics would be somewhat degraded.

[Are_grits_groceries]

6. Not sure about your reply?

I'm sure flying in any storm weather would be difficult. Hail would add greatly to the danger.

[hootinholler]

9. I think you would be more likely to encounter a hail stirke

Than having a cone form around you.

[Are_grits_groceries]

11. True

However, when tornado weather is around, they can form very quickly. It wouldn't have to form around you. Forming near you could destabilize the flight.

[unblock]

3. helos are dangerous in still air! i can't imagine wanting to be in one under those conditions!

[ZRT2209]

4. Geez! Be careful! No story is worth that kind of danger.

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. #thatswhatshesaid nt

[Blue Owl]

8. Safe in the chopper -- or not...

Yowza that's one badass tornado...

[okaawhatever]

10. I had something similar with the Nashville tornado. I was driving and had the gas pedal to the floor

and was going maybe 15 miles per hour. This was in a volvo with turbo charge. It felt like i'd never get out of that outside edge of
the storm.