Hurricane Hunters flight inside the eye of Hurricane Ian before landfall<\/a><\/h2>\nBy\u00a0Emilee Speck
\n<\/span>Source\u00a0FOX Weather<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nFOX News Reporter Madison Scarpino flew back and forth into the eye of Hurricane Ian with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Visit the FOX Weather Wire for live updates on Hurricane Ian as it barrels toward Florida.\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>Click here for the latest forecast, evacuation orders and more<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\nThe Hurricane Hunters continue to fly into the eye of Hurricane Ian to gather essential data for National Hurricane Center meteorologists.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Hunters<\/u><\/a>\u00a0are part of the Aircraft Reconnaissance of the National Hurricane Center, a division within NOAA. They fly through storms\u00a0to gather valuable first-hand data.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\nAfter taking off from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, FOX News Reporter Madison Scarpino spent 9 hours on a Hurricane Hunter flight back and forth into the eye of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday as the Category 4 storm approached Florida’s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n
Watch the video above to see the turbulent flight into the eye of Ian, made just hours before landfall.<\/p>\n
“It was nuts, the turbulence wasn’t bad at first, but then it got horrible,” she said. “The NOAA Hurricane Hunter went through the eye at the same time as us, and actually turned around from how intense it was.”<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>Source\u00a0FOX Weather<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
FOX News Reporter Madison Scarpino flew back and forth into the eye of Hurricane Ian with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Visit the FOX Weather Wire for live updates on Hurricane Ian as it barrels toward Florida.\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>Click here for the latest forecast, evacuation orders and more<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n The Hurricane Hunters continue to fly into the eye of Hurricane Ian to gather essential data for National Hurricane Center meteorologists.<\/p>\n Hurricane Hunters<\/u><\/a>\u00a0are part of the Aircraft Reconnaissance of the National Hurricane Center, a division within NOAA. They fly through storms\u00a0to gather valuable first-hand data.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n After taking off from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, FOX News Reporter Madison Scarpino spent 9 hours on a Hurricane Hunter flight back and forth into the eye of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday as the Category 4 storm approached Florida’s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n Watch the video above to see the turbulent flight into the eye of Ian, made just hours before landfall.<\/p>\n “It was nuts, the turbulence wasn’t bad at first, but then it got horrible,” she said. “The NOAA Hurricane Hunter went through the eye at the same time as us, and actually turned around from how intense it was.”<\/p>\n