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Storm Chasers
2007 - 2011 6.6 (9 votes) 5 Seasons
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Documentary Reality
Networks
Discovery

Storm Chasers

Wrong place, right time.

Overview

Anyone who has seen "The Wizard of Oz" knows that an oncoming tornado is nothing to trifle with, but "extreme filmmaker" Sean Casey takes viewers right into the heart of Tornado Alley and inside the storms themselves to capture valuable research data and unprecedented footage.

Top Cast

Sean C. Casey
Sean C. Casey

Self

Tim Samaras
Tim Samaras

Self

Reed Timmer
Reed Timmer

Self

Seasons

Season 0 ()

No overview available.

1 episodes

Season 2 (2008)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Tornado Intercept Tank
2008-10-19

Storm season starts out deadly, and Josh and Sean race to get a bigger, badder Tornado Intercept Vehicle, TIV-2, on the road. Meanwhile, a new force of nature emerges in Tornado Alley as Reed Timmer beats the pros to get incredible tornado intercepts.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: When Parts Fly
2008-10-26

Sean's new TIV-2 chases a promising storm, but vehicle parts fly for all the wrong reasons. Reed's team pursues a monster storm as it bears down on the town of Lamesa Texas.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Mutiny on the Plains
2008-11-02

Tensions mount between Sean and Josh, as Reed offers to chase with the TIV. Reed chases a risky nighttime tornado into the hills of Arkansas, while Sean and Josh return to Greensburg, Kansas one year after a twister nearly wiped the town off the map.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Nightmare on DOW Street
2008-11-09

TIV-1 makes a heroic return, but the tables turn as a monster EF-4 tornado chases the storm chasers through eastern Arkansas.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: Road Hazards
2008-11-16

The DOW Team's in chaos as a broken radar sends Josh scrambling to fix it. Reed jumps on the opportunity to scoop the science team once again, while Danny and Aaron struggle to escape a ditch before a tornado gets too close.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: No Place Like Kansas
2008-11-23

With the DOW truck and all the research vehicles functioning once again, the team finds themselves hunting in the same territory as their rival Reed Timmer. Tornadoes are forming all over western Kansas on what looks like the biggest day of the season.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Hail to the Beast
2008-11-30

Reed and Josh's teams struggle to find the perfect storm in Nebraska. Reed's girlfriend Jene gets lost in a deadly hailstorm while the DOW team mistakenly drives into an on-coming tornado.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Tornado Showdown
2008-12-07

As tornado season comes to a close, Sean has one last chance to get the shot of all shots from inside a tornado, while Reed pushes his team to the edge, getting closer to a twister than ever before.

Runtime: 43 min
Season 3 (2009)

No overview available.

9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Storm Catchers
2009-10-18

Tornado season erupts early in Oklahoma. Reed gets his new Dominator too close. Tim chases multiples, and Sean battles a rain-wrapped monster.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: Bigger in Texas
2009-10-25

Sean and Reed face off at the New Mexico border. Monster tornados break up everything in their paths, except the tension.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Highway to Hail
2009-11-01

Reed steps up his science to take on Dr. Josh Wurman's massive research project. Joel has second thoughts. The fallout reaches Sean, who makes a drastic decision.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Inside the Tornado
2009-11-08

Reed's new radar propels him from aggressive chaser to extreme scientist, inside an EF3.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: Not in Kansas Anymore
2009-11-15

Reed, Sean and Tim take on the strongest tornado conditions of the season, and nature responds with twisters too close to home.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Fight or Flight
2009-11-22

Both Tim Samaras and the TIV team face off with a dangerous tornado. Reed pushes too close, and finds no place to hide.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Sean Casey at the Bat
2009-11-29

Sean Casey's meteorologists finally put him in position for the shot of a lifetime, and this time it's a home run. Reed, Tim, and Josh all score big.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: EF-3 Strikes You're Out
2009-12-06

On the last chase of the season in Nebraska, Reed and Tim chase multiple vortices. But when an EF-3 monster touches down right on top of Reed's armored research vehicle, Mother Nature shows who really dominates in Tornado Alley. Watch on Prime Video

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Greatest Storms 2008
2009-10-18

Extreme chasers Reed Timmer, Joel Taylor, IMAX Filmmaker Sean Casey, and Tim Samaras present their most exciting tornado chasing moments.

Runtime: 43 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2010)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: What Goes Around...
2010-10-13

Reed and Joel bury the hatchet to face a new tornado season, but armor offers little protection when the roof blows off the new Dominator. Sean mixes up his crew and unleashes tension in the path of a west Texas twister.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: Why We Chase
2010-10-20

The deadliest tornado of the season tears a hundred mile path across Mississippi, destroying 600 homes and the town of Yazoo City. For Reed, Joel and Chris, an epic chase turns into a race to save lives, and changes their own lives forever.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Back Seat Driver
2010-10-27

After the worst tornado in his life, Reed pursues a new force of nature in TV weather woman Ginger Zee. But chasing more than weather leaves teammates out in the cold. As twisters rip through the Ozarks, one long-time chaser calls it quits.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Dedication
2010-11-03

Sean finally gives the reigns to his meteorologist-navigator Matt Hughes, who leads the team to their best tornado intercept ever. Then triumph turns to tragedy as Storm Chasers loses one of its own.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: Smoke Monster
2010-11-10

Sean's team struggles with the death of a teammate, and heightened emotions lead to questionable driving. Reed arms the Dominator with probe cannons, while Tim smokes out a South Dakota monster that just keeps growing.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Perfect Storm
2010-11-17

South Dakota spins up the twister of the season, and the non-stop tornado action leaves no room for drama.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Twister Twilight Zone
2010-11-24

Reed's cannons are locked and loaded, but multiple tornados prove a hard target for an itchy trigger finger. Tim's team chases in the tornado twilight zone, while Sean weathers a storm of controversy.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Judgement Day
2010-12-02

Storm and chasers collide in Minnesota for a final showdown. As a ferocious EF-4 twister targets the town of Wadena, one team finds themselves in the wrong place at the right time, and Sean's trial by fire becomes a race to save others.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Behind the Storm
2010-12-08

This special features interviews and documentary footage with the show's production crew, explaining how they accompany the storm chasing teams and the difficulties they encounter working under intense conditions. It shows the main camera angles too.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Greatest Storms 2009
2010-10-13

Extreme chasers Reed Timmer, Joel Taylor, IMAX Filmmaker Sean Casey, and meteorologist Dr. Josh Wurman present their most exciting tornado chasing moments.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: Episode 11

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 12: Episode 12

Runtime: 43 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2011)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Dixie Alley Outbreak
2011-09-25

In the worst tornado outbreak in over half a century, Mississippi and Alabama are ravaged by hundreds of twisters. Towns are wiped clean off the map, and hundreds of people lose their lives.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: Storms Over St. Louis
2011-10-02

On the first chase of the year, there's a storm headed toward downtown St. Louis. While Tim Samaras and his team chase too close to the beast, Reed Timmer's team is on the verge of falling apart.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Reed's Redemption
2011-10-09

After failing to find a twister on two consecutive chases, Reed Timmer and the Dominator team are desperate to chase one down. They're even desperate enough to pursue a powerful storm into an urban area after dark, one of the most dangerous possible chasing scenarios. Team TWISTEX's truck threatens to keep them on the sidelines on a promising tornado day. While team Dominator pursues an intercept, the TIV team is hoping to finally shoot their first ever 3D tornado footage... but tension in the vehicle has everyone on edge, and the crew is finding out that the only thing worse than having a chase ruined by the slick, Texas mud is to be helpless in the path of a tornado.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Aftermath
2011-10-16

In the wake of the deadly and very large tornado outbreak (April 27, 2011), all three chase teams take time to help with the recovery effort. Team Tiv is in Smithville, Mississippi and Team Dominator and Team Twistex are in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Motivated by the death and destruction they've witnessed, all three teams are rededicated to improving warning times and doing vital research on these deadly storms. Team Dominator fields a new, improved vehicle: the Dominator 2 and tracks a storm right toward one member's childhood home. Team TWISTEX outfits their truck with a brand new probe and a mobile Doppler radar, but mechanical issues threaten to sideline them again. Team TIV adds a mobile tornado siren and chases toward the heart of a twister to warn people while shooting 3D twister footage.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: No Rest for the Weary
2011-10-23

Reed Timmer and his team take the day off, but when Sean Casey's team scores a victory in Reed's own backyard, the meteorologist vows to chase with a vengeance. Meanwhile, Tim Samaras grows more cautious chasing storms in Kansas.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Too Close to Home
2011-10-30

A tornado outbreak threatens to wreak havoc in Reed Timmer's backyard. Sean Casey's team follows their navigator's bold prediction, and tension threatens to derail Tim Samaras' chase on a huge day.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: The Storm Within
2011-11-06

Team Dominator risks everything to warn people in the path of a violent storm, but internal conflicts causes driver Joel to leave, complicating Team Dominator's operations. Still gun shy after witnessing devastation this season, Sean Casey starts to lack the passion of chasing storms, until a visit from his wife and a successful chase reignites Team TIV's fire. Team TWISTEX tries to brave the elements by chasing a tornado through a hail storm, but after their vehicles suffer damage, Tim has to swallow his pride and abandon the chase.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: All or Nothing
2011-11-13

On the last chase of the season, Reed Timmer's team chases a monster tornado for a radar intercept, and Tim Samaras' team has one last chance to deploy their probe in its path.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Storm Chasers 2010: Behind the Storm
2011-12-26

Behind the scenes with cast and crew.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Greatest Storms 2010
2011-09-25

Runtime: 43 min

Videos

Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel! Promo for Episode 1

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