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Experience the epic tornadoes of Tornado Chasers 2013 from every angle. Shot by professional videographers, up to 14 HD and cinema cameras are rolling simultaneously to give you the best view. With over 80 minutes of heart-pounding footage, you will witness epic tornado events in real time, including the historic El Reno tornado.
The first person to gain public recognition as a storm chaser was David Hoadley (born 1938), who began chasing North Dakota storms in 1956, systematically using data from area weather offices and airports. He is widely considered the pioneer storm chaser [3] and was the founder and first editor of Storm Track magazine.
Timothy Michael Samaras (November 12, 1957 – May 31, 2013) was an American engineer and storm chaser best known for his field research on tornadoes and time on the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers. He died in the 2013 El Reno tornado.
One of her life's most intense storm chases was a tornado that Timmer and Gizmo chased down on foot near McCook, Nebraska, on May 17, 2019. The tornado touched down on top of Timmer's chase ...
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas.
The severe weather event was premiered as an episode as part of Storm Chasers, titled "Tornado Rampage 2011". [31] In the same year, Timmer built the heavily-armored Dominator 2, modifying it from a GMC Yukon XL. [32] [33] Following declining ratings, Storm Chasers, the television series that Timmer starred in, was cancelled in 2012. [34]
An early version of the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV 1). The SRV "Dominator", featured in the Discovery Channel series, Storm Chasers.. Storm Chasers was filmed each year in the central United States (an area known as Tornado Alley due to the frequency and severity of tornadoes occurring there) primarily during late spring and early summer, the time of the most frequent tornado activity ...
Storm chasing usually involves getting close enough to a tornado or severe storm to record its size and wind speed with the appropriate equipment. Many storm chasers have a background in meteorology.