Storm Chasers Killed: Veterans Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras and Carl Young Killed By Oklahoma Tornado [VIDEO]

Three veteran storm chasers were killed on Friday after five tornadoes touched down in central Oklahoma. Two of the three storm chasers killed were the father son team of Tim Samaras, 55, and Paul Samaras 24. Their partner Carl Young, 45, was also killed.

The storm chasers killed on Friday were well known from the popular Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers." The reality show followed storm chasers as they tracked and studied tornadoes and their resulting damage.

According to the L.A Times, Tim Samaras founded the storm chasers company Twistex, which stands for Tactical Weather Instrumental Sampling in Tornados Experiment. Samaras founded Twistex in order to get a better understanding of tornado formations and be able to warn residents when a tornado is about to hit their town.

Carl Young and Tim Samaras both have biographies on the Discovery Channel website. According to Young's bio, he and Samaras had been working together since 2003. They have tracked over 125 storms together.

Eleven days after the deadly tornado ripped through the Oklahoma suburb of Moore killing 24 people, five tornadoes touched down in central Oklahoma killing 13 people. According to CNN, the storm chasers that were killed died in their truck which was smashed and mangled beyond recognition.

Tim Samaras' brother Jim posted a statement on Facebook letting people know his brother died doing what he loved.

"They all unfortunately passed away but doing what they loved. I look at it that he is in the 'big tornado' in the sky."

Reuters says the number of dead in Oklahoma was raised from 12 to 13 and includes four children as well as the storm chasers that were killed.

Storm Chasing was glamourized in the 1996 movie "Twister" starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Hunt and Paxton are storm chasers who try to launch a new way of analyzing storms by getting their equipment directly inside the cyclone of a tornado. The couple faces death and destruction all in the name of science.

Reuters says that storm chaser Tim Samaras was inspired to spend his life chasing twisters after he was made to watch the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."

In 2009, Samaras told the Weather Channel "The twister was the best part of [The Wizard of Oz]. From that day I was hooked for the rest of my life."

On the day the three storm chasers were killed, Tim Samaras tweeted what would be his last tweet. Telling the people in Oklahoma that the weather was about to get dangerous.

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