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Tornado Chasers is an American documentary series that premiered on September 17, 2012, on TVNweather.com. The program follows Reed Timmer and his team of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept tornadoes in Tornado Alley in the United States. Season 2, funded largely through a successful Kickstarter campaign, commenced on September 30, 2013. The series is a two-time Webby Award Honoree, once for Best Documentary Series in 2013, and again for Best Editing ("Home, Part 2") in 2014.

Overview
Tornado Chasers was filmed each year during storm season in Tornado Alley, using Timmer's Norman, OK home as a base. As opposed to previous series about storm chasing, Tornado Chasers takes a more personal approach, conveying the chronological, authentic storm chasing experience. During the 2012 season, Timmer's team mainly consisted of Dick McGowan, Chris Chittick, and Terry Rosema. For the 2013 season, Timmer reconnected with Joel Taylor, joined the KFOR-TV Oklahoma City severe weather team, and welcomed meteorologists Jim Cantore and Ginger Zee as guest chase partners. He also introduced the new Dominator 3, the largest of his armored intercept vehicles.

Dedications
The episode titled "Home, Part 2" which debuted on December 5, 2013, ends with a dedication to all who lost their lives in the Moore, OK tornado of May 20, 2013. The season 2 finale titled "Nemesis, Part 2" which debuted on January 23, 2014, ends with a dedication to Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, Carl Young (team TWISTEX), Richard Henderson, and all who lost their lives in the El Reno, OK tornado of May 31, 2013.

Season 1 (2012)
During the 2012 season, which consisted of 12 episodes, Reed Timmer continues chasing during the year following the final season of Discovery's Storm Chasers. Joel Taylor has left the team. Team members for the 2012 season included Dick McGowan (Dominator driver), Mike Scantlin (driver/shooter), and Chris Chittick (shooter).

Season 2 (2013)
In late February 2013, TVN launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a second season of Tornado Chasers. The campaign was enormously successful, almost doubling the original goal. Production commence on April 5, 2013. This season saw the return of Joel Taylor (albeit briefly) to the team, and Reed became a field correspondent for the KFOR-TV storm team in Oklahoma City. A new Dominator vehicle, "Dominator 3," joined the fleet and featured the latest vehicle intercept technology. Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel also joined Reed in the Dominator for some of the bigger tornado events, and Ginger Zee from ABC News joined Reed's team for the May 20, 2013 Moore tornado event. The TVN team also runs into Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young days before May 31, 2013 tornado took their lives.