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An $11.9 million tornado research project resulted in only one tornado being studied during a 35-day period.The first phase of the Verification of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2, also known as Vortex2, ran from May 10 to June 13.Next year, a second phase of the project will run from May 1 to June 15.Nearly 120 researchers from universities and government agencies traveled over 11,000 miles during the first phase of Vortex2.  Despite all their searching, the group was only able to find...