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Storm Chasers Score Stunning Tornado Probe Intercept

Posted by Kirk Denkler Tue Nov 1, 2011 05:35 PM ET | 0

Remember the clunky “Dorothy” – the big metal drum filled with beer can winged balls - from the movie Twister? Only Hollywood magic made it possible for Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt to schlep Dorothy into a monster tornado’s... Read more

Storm Chaser Finds Bears Scarier Than Tornadoes!

Posted by Kirk Denkler Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:00 PM ET | 0

Needing a break from tornado chasing, Storm Chasers‘ Reed Timmer recently headed for Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for a little tranquility and fall color. But he ended up on the wrong end of a chase from a very different ... Read more

A Storm Chasers’ Worst Nightmare

Posted by Kirk Denkler Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:32 AM ET | 0

Not long after returning to the Midwest in early May, 2011 with fresh memories of the terrible tornado devastation in Alabama, Reed and his DOMINATOR chase team came face-to-face with what Storm Chasers hope never to see: a tornado closing ... Read more

New, More Powerful DOMINATOR Vehicle Joins Storm Chasers

Posted by Kirk Denkler Sun Oct 16, 2011 03:00 PM ET | 0

New for the 2011 chase season, Reed Timmer and his Storm Chasers team now ride in this second generation DOMINATOR that is bigger, faster and stronger than the original vehicle developed in 2007. Check out all of the Storm Chasers ... Read more

Reed Timmer Remembers The Tragedy and Heroes of Tuscaloosa

Posted by Kirk Denkler Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:41 AM ET | 0

“Storm Chasers” Reed Timmer recalls the days he spent in Tuscaloosa, AL in the aftermath of the city’s terrible encounter with a massive tornado during the 2011 Super Outbreak: “The damage in Tuscaloosa from that devastating... Read more

Reed Timmer Films First Tornadoes of 2011

Posted by Kirk Denkler Mon Oct 10, 2011 05:48 PM ET | 0

As one the world’s most dedicated tornado chasers, Reed sets his calendar – and pretty much his life – to the opening of the tornado season every year. Since tornado season seems to start earlier every year, he never ... Read more

Storm Chasers Intercept First EF5 Tornado of 2011 Season

Posted by Kirk Denkler Thu Oct 6, 2011 05:59 PM ET | 0

After racing east almost non-stop from Texas, the Dominator crew with Reed Timmer, Joel Taylor and Chris Chittick plunged headlong into the huge storm system developing over the southeastern U.S. that would soon become the now infamous Dixie Super... Read more

Rebuilding Alabama: Storm Chasers Give Back

Posted by Courtney Siegel Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:09 PM ET | 0

Alabama is one of the many states in “Tornado Alley” to have suffered historic loss and unimaginable damage this year due to violent twisters. Watch Storm Chasers, airing Sunday nights at 10PM E/P, to get the whole story on ... Read more

2011 season premiere of Storm Chasers on Discovery tonight at 10PM!

Posted by Joy Montefusco Sun Sep 25, 2011 03:40 PM ET | 0

Less than 8 hours from now, the new season of Storm Chasers will air on Discovery Channel, featuring the prolific April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak that ravaged much of “Dixie Alley” as over 200 tornadoes touched down from Mississippi ... Read more

All-New Season of Storm Chasers

Posted by Joy Montefusco Tue Sep 6, 2011 04:54 PM ET | 0

It’s been a year of historic and tragic loss, unimaginable damage and an earth shattering reminder of nature’s force and power. Now get the whole story on this year’s record setting tornados as STORM CHASERS returns for an all ... Read more

Grand Finale Tornado Intercept! Near Ravenna, NE

Posted by Joy Montefusco Fri Jun 24, 2011 04:37 PM ET | 0

On the last day of STORMCHASERS production, TIV, TWISTEX, and team Dominator ended with a bang, intercepting multiple tornadoes across southern Nebraska on June 20, 2011. The new vertical radar was mounted on the roof of D2 just in ... Read more

Storm Chasers Camera Operator Chris Whiteneck

Posted by Joy Montefusco Thu Jun 9, 2011 04:48 PM ET | 0

Stretching is important while driving 50,000 miles per season in Dominator 2… Read more

Joplin Tornado Victims Need Your Help

Posted by Joy Montefusco Thu Jun 2, 2011 12:21 PM ET | 0

Among the many victims of the massive Joplin tornado tragedy are the cousin and family of Storm Chaser Brandon Ivey. Brandon’s cousin Kristie and her husband Jeremiah Sickles lost everything. Kristie and her baby, a 5-month-old with a lung ... Read more

D2 Measures 100 MPH Wind Gust Inside Canton, OK Tornado

Posted by Joy Montefusco Sun May 29, 2011 04:02 PM ET | 0

Wind data collected by the RM Young anemometer atop D2 showed a cross-wind of 100 mph from the south in the east side of the Canton, OK EF3 tornado on May 24, 2011 as we were launching parachute probes ... Read more

D2 Intercepts Strong Tornado Northwest of Canton, OK

Posted by Joy Montefusco Wed May 25, 2011 06:02 AM ET | 0

Here is video from the intercept of a strong tornado northwest of Canton, OK, during which six parachute probes were launched into the tornado with our new, upgraded air cannon system. At least three of these probes were lifted ... Read more