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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
A short-lived tornado developed northwest of Amarillo, Texas, on May 18, 2010.
The average tornado warning is sounded 13 minutes before touchdown. Because the warnings don't provide much time, residents in the path of a tornado are advised against evacuating and urged to seek low-lying ground. If warning times could be improved to 40 minutes, Wurman said, residents could make better choices about the risk.
Six vehicles had 45 seconds to drive into the storm, drop data-gathering "tornado pods" and get out of the tornado's path. The timing was critical, and panic was the enemy. Drop the pods too soon and the storm might die out before reaching the instruments. Drop them too late and face 100 mph (160 kph) winds and softball-size hail that can smash windshields.
Tornado PODS are a 3.3-foot- (1-meter-) tall tower of instruments with a flat base to measure wind velocity and direction at ground level, ideally in the core flow of the tornado.
The X-Pol Mobile radar uses a 1.2 inch (3 cm) wave...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: A short-lived tornado developed northwest of Amarillo, Texas, on May 18, 2010.
The average tornado warning is sounded 13 minutes before touchdown. Because the warnings don't provide much time, residents in the path of a tornado are advised against evacuating and urged to seek low-lying ground. If warning times could be improved to 40 minutes, Wurman said, residents could make better choices about the risk.
Six vehicles had 45 seconds to drive into the storm, drop data-gathering "tornado pods" an... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
