Storm Chasing Tours in Tornado Alley

Welcome to Storm Chasing Adventure Tours, the worlds premiere top rated storm chasing tour company. You may have seen us chasing tornadoes on National Geographic Television & Film., CBS 48 Hours, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, The Discovery Channel, BBC World TV, CNN News, The Weather Channel, FOX NEWS, the Travel Channel and many other media outlets around the world. Why do so many people choose us over our competition? We get results with our EXPERIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. News crews and filmmakers regularly travel with us because they know that we will guide them to the tornados they want to capture on film. Our tours cost more because we see more year after year. We provide the most comfortable and personal tours available and we feature Suburbans as our chase vehicles as of 2007. Other tornado chasing companies cram their clients into passenger vans or minivans.. Note we no longer use the big fat vans that are in our photos. You now have the most comfortable tour available.

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Click on the center on the image to the left to play video. What you are watching here is from May 4th 2007 in NW TX. I took this footage of this 20 min tornado. This footage is for sale in HD format to the news media. E-mail us for pricing information on all our storm chasing videos.

Update: Our new website will not be ready until Aug 2008. TORNADOCHASINGLIVE.COM A new website for Live Streaming Video during our storm chasing tours and other types of severe weather with a live tracking map. Other storm chasers will be able to log in and stream their video live from this website in real-time. For the first time one website for storm chasers for live streaming of severe storms as it happen. News media e-mail us for more informaiton how you can use our site on your news for severe weather footage as it happens from storm chasers as they stream their footage to you live. Storm Chasers you will be able to set up acct for your live streaming video in Aug 2008.

Coming in end of Aug. All new website at stormchasing.com a new look and feel. More videos. Pay Per View Tornado Videos in a HD. Live streaming video from our storm chasing tours as it happens, Track us live with live streaming video from our website during severe weather..








Live severe storm streaming video starts May 4th 2008 - Oct 31 See it live as we are chasing it. We only streaming live during severe weather. This is our first year streaming live video so we are working out the bugs. Look for our new streaming video website for storm chasers in 2009.
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We are better than the competition year after year. We have been offering storm chasing tours for 12 years. The one and only storm chasing tour company that has teamed up with Doppler on Wheels in the past. The odds are you have seen us. We get closer to the tornados than our competition. We see more tornados than the competition year after year. That's why our storm footage is on more TV shows than the rest. The news media knows who is good and who is not getting them close to tornadoes. It's cost them $50,000 to over $100,000 to make a TV show about tornados. They don't want to be miles away from the tornado or miss them all together. They want to see the tornados and see them up close, not miles away. They know we will guide them to the right storm with tornados and get them close to the tornado, not miles away, like you see on other sites or miss them all together because of poor forecasting skills.









Poor forecasting skills = miles away from the tornado or missing it all together. Be part of the best storm chasing tour company in 2008
Yes, our tours cost more but you see more up close as it forms not after it forms and not miles away. Anyone can say they are the best storm chasing tour company. We can back up that statement in many ways. We are the first storm chasing tour company to use new cutting edge storm chasing technology year after year before anyone else has been using it. When you chase with us you will be chasing with the best state of the art technology in any chase van/suv/minivan on the road today. Yes, others try to copy us. The copy cats don't come close with the skills needed to keep their technology up and running and don't understand what the information means. Pass tour guest have told us that went with them before, there copy cat technology was always going down during the chase they did not have the know how to keep it
running. That's why we see more tornadoes when others miss them. year after year. That's why our tour cost more than the rest. We see more than the rest.





You may have seen Doppler on Wheels as seen on National Geographic Television & Discovery Channel. Tornado Intercept 2006 & Storm Chasers 2007. The only storm chasing tour company that has chased with one of the top tornado scientist in the world. Dr. Josh Wurman and his Doppler on Wheels. Over $1000000 in technology in the past.

Storm ChasingWe take storm chasing tours to a new level of excitement. we might be chasing with scientists as they track down tornadoes in tornado alley with their Doppler On Wheels. They do not go out very day so we will just need to wait and see if they are out on your tour. We might see them on big tornado days.

You may have seen the D.O.W.'s and Dr. Josh Wurman on many TV shows over the years. They where on the May 3 1999 F5 Tornado in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The DOWs measure record high wind speeds of 301 +/- 20 m.p.h. in 03 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado. .

Passengers will be able to listen in on the radio discussions concerning intercept strategies, storm structure, and the like. As time permits,











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We have been offering professional storm chasing tours for 11 years in Tornado Alley. We have the best tornado forecasters on our team. Our team is highly experienced in every facet of storm chasing and forecasting tornados. We have the best results finding severe storms and tornadoes in tornado alley.

If you're looking for adventure, you'll love this thrilling storm chasing holiday in America. We offer "6-Day" tours where you'll travel across a number of states. One of our SUV's is the most highly equipped chase SUV's in Tornado Alley -- unlike any other storm chasing SUV/vans on the road.

See our video that was shown on NBC NEWS click here. If you need a RealOne Player get it here.








During our springtime tours, you'll start your trip in Amarillo, Texas. This mid-western state is famous for its severe weather conditions, and comprises much of Americas Tornado Alley. If you go in end of May through July, you'll start your trip in Denver, Colorado. Your first evening will be spent meeting your fellow weather enthusiasts, viewing storm chasing videos, and discussing the ground rules that will help make your tour a safe and enjoyable experience.

We are the largest and one of the oldest storm chasing tour companies in tornado alley. This will be our 11th year.

We provide the most comfortable and personal tours available and we feature Suburbans as our chase vehicles as of 2007. Other tornado chasing companies cram their clients into passenger vans or minivans.. Note we no longer use the big fat vans that are in our photos. You now have the most comfortable tour available.






Leading the way in storm tracking technology
Our new state of the art weather radar display software. You are viewing an F5 tournado from May 3rd 1999 that hit Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our new software can display the weather radar in 3D. we are able to spin this image all around this storm. You think this is neat, we have something even better than this you will get to see this year. See it first at Storm Chasing Adventure Tours.















Our tours cost more because of this technology. Other tour companies will try to tell you this technology does not matter. Here is my reply to them: Just like in the military, technology does matter. If you can't see it, you can't find it. Storm Chasing Adventure Tours saw more tornadoes in 2003 - 2007 than any other tour company. When there is more than two storms going on near by, how are the other tour companies going know which one to go after? As we drive toward the storms, our live radar images are being updated every 6 minutes, showing the various storm intensities and rotations, so we can track the right storm that may have a tornado.
















Storm Chasing Adventure Tours has a staff of severe storm experts & meteorologists. No one does a better job forecasing tornadoes time after time. They are highly experienced in every facet of storm chasing and forecasting tornados.
















Storm Chasing Adventure Tours was the first to signed an agreement with the Center for Severe Weather Research.in March 2005.

Storm Chasing Adventure Tours was the first to offer satellite broadband internet technology back in 2001 for two-way satellite internet communications to access weather information from the satellite at cable modem speeds. This gives us the fastest, most accurate and near real-time weather analysis and forecast information from any place in Tornado Alley. Best of all, we can view the NEXRAD weather radar with live updates every six minutes as we are driving toward the storm. We will be able to see the first sign of a tornado forming live on radar, before it drops down to the ground. You will be there first to see it live as it happens. No longer used due to newer and better technology.










Storm Chasing Adventure Tours was the first to offer The Weather Channel back in 2000 for the latest severe weather information from satellite imagery loops, NEXRAD weather radar loops, and weather maps, in the chase vans as we are drive to our daily storm chasing target location. Our main van has it's own video display so you can track The Weather Channel updates as we position ourselves for the best view of developing severe storms. With our exclusive "in-motion satellite tracking system," you will always be kept informed of the latest weather developments, from the time we leave the motel, until the end of the day. No longer used due to newer and better technology.
















storm chasing videosStorm Chasing Adventure Tours was the first to offer state-of-the-art lightning detection systems back in 1998 that can detect and track thunderstorms up to 300 miles away. All this information is used to allow us to seek out and witness spectacular, explosive supercell thunderstorms; stunning, vivid lightning; large hail; massive wall clouds; and violent tornadoes. No longer used due to newer and better technology.

Storm Chasing Adventure Tours is the first in 2003 to install the new on board, near real-time Storm Scan weather radar. This display system provides data via satellite every 6 minutes as we drive. We can watch storms explode. We now use this as only as backup due to newer and better radar technology.








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Your Tornado Alley Chase Team for 2008 . New Driver Photos will be posted soon
Our team is comprised of some of the most experienced storm chasers from around the world. We understand meteorology and concentrate on good forecasting techniques to intercept severe weather, and, therefore, help ensure a successful storm chase on every tour.

Todd Thorn, Tour Leader/Severe Storm Expert from Bozeman, Montana. I will be on all the tours.
I have been fascinated by severe storms and tornadoes since I was just six years old, and as a result, I began studying severe weather at a very early age. Over the years, I read every textbook on the subject and spent many days watching severe storms form over my hometown. My nights were spent watching vivid lightning from my bedroom window as the sound of thunder shook the house. To be a storm chaser, you must be able to read the sky and see the visual clues for severe weather, such as the meaning of distant towering cumulus clouds. All the schooling and onboard information is good, but it takes years to learn how to read the sky for visual clues as to where the next storm will form. I have been chasing severe weather since 1991 and have a background in meteorology. In 2008, we will be operating our 11th year of Storm Chasing Adventure Tours. We have been featured in numerous television documentaries and news programs, and in more than 200 newspaper and magazine articles published around the world. Since I founded Storm Chasing Adventure Tours in 1997, our emphasis has been on good forecasting techniques to intercept severe weather for a successful storm chase on every tour. I look forward to seeing you in Tornado Alley during 2008.



Steve Carey Guide/Driver for tours 3 & 5
This will be my 4th year storm chasing with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours and my 2nd year as a member of the Storm Chasing Adventure Tours team. On previous trips I’ve seen awesome lightning displays, intense thunderstorms, and two tornadoes. I am a professor at the University of Mobile (Alabama) where I teach courses in biology and geology. As a resident of the Gulf Coast, I’ve experienced several hurricanes including Hurricane Ivan whose eye passed over my house. I’ve always been fascinated with severe weather and can’t wait for the chase season to begin. I look forward to meeting you and sharing the experience of a lifetime.














Matt Amesz Guide/Driver for tour 1 & 3 also on tour 2
Hi, I am from Perth Western Australia and 2008 will be

my 3rd year chasing tornadoes with Storm Chasing Adventure tours.
I have had a keen interest in severe weather from a young age and I was
fortunate enough to see my first tornado whilst chasing last year.
 
Seeing a tornado for the first time was truly an amazing experience, it certainly
got the heart pumping. every day is like an adventure who knows where you will
end up and what you might see.
 
Regardless if you see a tornado or not its an experience of a lifetime and one
not to be missed. I look forward to travelling with you all in 2008.










Wendi Denning, Guide/Driver Tour 5
I have always been scared of death of storms, and what better way to seek out that fear than to travel to tornado alley and witness the most spectacular sights of storm formation. This year will be my 5th year chasing with Todd and my 2nd year as a driver for Storm Chasing Adventure Tours.  Each year, I look forward to seeing a part of the country that allows you to sit and watch as supercell storms form over the valley. Some may say your crazy and ask what are you thinking….but where else can you go to witness weather at its most intense….













Kevin Harned, Driver/Guide/Severe Storm Expert for Tour NA
tornado toursLike Todd, I've been fascinated with the weather since I was a kid. Following my dream since I was in the seventh grade, I have always wanted to learn more about the weather and how it works. I decided then that I wanted to be a meteorologist. A graduate of Purdue University, I have my degree in Synoptic Meteorology and work for the NBC affiliate, WAVE 3, in Louisville, Kentucky. I had the pleasure of documenting a ten-day tour with Todd, including everyone on board, during the 2002 season. Working in television has given me the opportunity to chase tornadoes and hurricanes and to cover floods and winter storms. It's one thing to look at a radar and warn people of what you think is coming their way... but totally different to actually see it with your own eyes. Trying to predict what nature will do and when is very humbling, but I look forward to the challenge on tour TBA during the 2008 season.












Michael Forrester, Driver/
Guide/Photographer Tour 2
tornado alley2008 will be my 6th year chasing with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours. As a freelance videographer, I'll be videotaping the severe weather we encounter for distribution to television networks, including The Weather Channel. I'll also work as a guide and provide you tips on shooting great video during your storm chasing adventure.

If you've never chased, you're in for a treat. New technology allows Todd to analyze data like never before and put us in the best location for viewing nature's most spectacular sights. 2004 was a great year and resulted in my video being seen by millions on The Weather Channel, ABC, FOX and National Geographic. I'm looking forward to a great 2008!













Dan MacKenzie, Driver/Guide Tour 1
Hi I’m Dan Mackenzie from the UK. I’ve been chasing with Todd since 1999 and every year just gets better and better! Like most of the other drivers on Storm Chasing Tours, I am a bit of a severe weather nut, and have been fascinated by extremes of weather from a very young age. My first ever tornado chase was with Todd and Storm Chasing Tours way back in 1999, that year we just happened to be chasing on May 3rd through Oklahoma, wow, what an experience! F5’s dropping left right and centre, I’ll never forget it both for the amazing weather and for the tragic loss of life. After the event I felt that we had helped someway into warning those in the tornadoes path to take cover, I felt that there was more to chasing than just the chase. That event was also captured on tape by the BBC who had come out with Storm Chasing Tours to produce a week long documentary to be aired prime time across the UK. As it happened, because of the events on May 3rd, the BBC decided to do a live transmission from Oklahoma along side the documentary, which was a first for the BBC! I look forward to seeing all members of Tour 1 and I can guarantee you’ll have have the best chance of seeing some wild weather on Storm Chase Tours!













Peter Wharton, Driver/Guide, Tours 2 & 3 & 4 & 5
This will be my 6th year chasing with Todd. My 2003 tours saw some spectacular storms, along with a great supercell in South Dakota that we chased for over six hours! This has only whetted my appetite for seeing more. This may well become my annual trek to the world's hotspot for severe weather. I'm a business consultant living in New Zealand, and have been keenly interested in the weather since I was a boy growing up in Canada. I'm looking forward to driving with Todd this year, and meeting people who share my passion for the weather. With years of amateur interest in the mechanisms that fuel these storms, I'm looking forward to helping each of you experience the excitement of the chase, and to gain more understanding of Mother Nature's annual drama on the plains. Cheers, Peter













John Larew,
Driver/Guide, Tours 1 & 2 & 3
Hi, I am from North Carolina and this will be my 7th year chasing with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours. I have been in emergency services most of my life, and have enjoyed severe weather as a hobby. Last year, I witnessed the F-3 in Oklahoma City and it was one of the most amazing events to I have ever seen. I am also a photographer and have never been disappointed by the storms we chase. Come join us in 2008 for another great chase.














Jock Mcginty, Driver/Guide, Tours NA
Hi, I’ve been chasing severe weather with Todd since 2004. In that time I’ve learned that if there is any weather out there then Todd will get you right in the path of it. 2004 was an amazing season and we saw 21 tornadoes, including 3 on the ground at once and a one-in-a-thousand clockwise rotation. Simply amazing! I’ve always had an interest in natural history and the physical forces that shape our universe, from severe weather to astronomy to volcanoes and earthquakes (my other real favourite)!! Living
and working in Indonesia I get my fair share of those events, but nothing matches the feeling of being under a 50 mile wide, rotating supercell in the great plains of America. Whether 2008 will be your first chase season or you’re a veteran returning for your annual fix, I look forward to seeing you in The Alley and sharing some awesome weather experiences.












Greg Dupont, Driver, Tour 5
Greetings, I'm a college grad who decided to not get a "real" job after college. I moved out west, from Maine, in search of self and adventure. Ive been living in Bozeman and bartending/snowboarding in Big Sky for 2 years now.  I love playing most sports for the adrenaline and competition. When the chance to see tornadoes came up I had to jump at the opportunity.  Chasing some of the most incredible storms mother nature can cook up is probably the only sport I have yet to experience. I'm looking forward to this exciting adventure!























Bill Schintler Severe Weather Tour Guide Tours NA
My life long fascination is severe weather. I have lived in Iowa my entire life and we get our share of violent weather here. I have been chasing it for over 20 years and 2008 will be my eighth year of leading chases with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours.  2007 was an active season for severe weather in the Plains, and the most memorable event was an evening of violent weather on May 4, which produced numerous tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas.  While this was one of several exciting and action-filled chases of the year, the resulting devastation and loss of life in Greensburg, Kansas; which was hit by an EF5 tornado; served to temper my enthusiasm for severe weather.  The great majority of the violent weather that we will witness while chasing will take place in uninhabited areas and in open country, but the Greensburg event was a sobering reminder of the human toll that results when these storms hit populated areas. This year, I look forward to many successful and exciting chases, and I enjoy meeting folks who share my interest in severe weather and storm chasing.  Drawing from both a formal background in meteorology and from decades of experience with reading the sky, I will practice successful forecasting techniques to ensure that we consistently intercept severe weather and tornadoes.












Ryan Hoke, Guide for Tours 4 & 5
I'll be the first to admit that I'm obsessed with weather. Everyday presents an opportunity to experience spectacular shows put on by our atmosphere, even if it's just a passing cloud. This interest inspired me to create a weather website for the Louisville, KY area. My site, www.ryanweather.org, features weekly forecast videos, severe weather coverage, and a daily weather blog. The site has been featured on Louisville's WAVE 3 TV and receives visits from all over the world.

My severe weather coverage features live streaming video on my website. Using state of the art weather radar software for radar analysis, I can point out dangerous tornado hook echoes, damaging hail indicators, and provide vital storm information for viewers.

This upcoming season I will be a guide on tours 4 and 5. With a live mobile weather data connection and GPS equipment, I'll be able to tell you our exact location and the locations of storms around us, along with their characteristics. We're going to have a blast this 2008 season!







Sean Feeney, Driver/Guide Tour 4
Hi! Im Sean Feeney from Naples, Florida. Since I was a little kid I have always been fascinated with the weather. My dream was to become a Meteorologist, but ended up as a Business Owner. However, the weather has always been a hobby of mine.  This will be my 2nd year chasing with Todd. Im really looking forward to seeing natures most amazing weather phenomenons, In addition, Im looking forward to meeting new people who share the same interests.



















Mark Bubloski, Drive/Guide Tour 4
Hello Everyone...Mark Bubloski here from Naples, Fl.  Weather is something that has always interested me. While my friends were watching Cartoons I was watching the Weather Channel.  Since moving to Florida in 2003, I have had the opportunity to have gone through Hurricane Charlie (2004) and Wilma (2005). Im ready to check a few more weather phenomena off my checklist. This will be my 2nd year chasing with Todd. The storm chasing experience is even more rewarding when you can share it with people with the same respect and interest. Buckle Up and Lets hit the road!













Mark Butterfield, Driver/Guide for Tour 5
Hi, I was born and raised in Kansas and I have also lived in Missouri and Oklahoma. Living all my life in Tornado Alley, I am familiar with the territory and very familiar with severe weather. I have worked in the fire service for over 25 years and have spent untold hours storm spotting for emergency agencies and warning the public. But being the impatient type, I got tired of waiting for the storms to come to me and this will be my second year chasing them with Todd and Storm Chasing Adventure Tours.

I can tell you that there is nothing more sickening than witnessing a violent tornado wreck havoc and devastation through a populated metropolitan area. Conversely, there is nothing more awe inspiring or majestic than watching a tornado dance through the open great plains of Kansas. I have seen them both and hope to share the latter with you. I can assure you that Todd is amazing at putting us in the right place at the right time to get the best seat in the house for nature’s most spectacular event.Your comfort, enjoyment, experiencing everything America’s Heartland has to offer and fulfillment of your desire to see nature’s most spectacular sights “up close and personal” are important to me. But as your driver, your safety is my utmost concern. I have taught emergency driving courses to fire fighters, ambulance drivers and law enforcement officers. So while Todd and you are watching the sky, I’ll be watching the road to keep us all safe and bring us back next year.



.Please Remember.......

We will NOT be confined to the region around , Amarillo, Texas or Denver, Colorado.

tornadochasingWe will do what it takes to get you to the best area we think is most likely to experience tornado activity on any given day. Even with the high cost of gasoline, this will not deter us from going to the best spot for tornado formation across Tornado Alley and throughout the Midwest.

You are paying good money to see severe supercells and tornadoes, and we will do whatever it takes to make it happen.
















These storm chasing tours are not for people who cannot handle spending many hours traveling on the road in SUV's. If you are one of them, please don't come with us. To be in the right place at the right time, extensive driving time is required. Of course, the ride is very comfortable! We travel an average of 2,500 miles on "6-Day" tours . Of course, all this driving gives you the grand tour of rural America and Tornado Alley. We expect to cover Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, eastern Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, eastern Montana, eastern Wyoming, and other mid-America states during the season.

News Media Coverage of Storm Chasing Adventure Tours

See our video shown on NBC NEWS click here. If you need a RealOne Player get it here.
Read about us when CBS 48 HOURS went with us. click here.
Read About us when Star Tribune went with us for 1 week. click here.

Members of the news media are always welcome on our tours. We look forward to working with The Weather Channel and other news media outlets in 2008. Storm Chasing Adventure Tours has been covered by:

  • CNN-TV News, 2002 -2003
  • FOX NEWS, 2002 -2003
  • RTL-TV, 2002
  • NBC-TV News, July 20, 2001
  • CNBC-TV, July 20, 2001
  • MSNBC-TV, July 20, 2001
  • NBC-TV, The Today Show, July 21, 2001
  • Star Tribune, July 8, 2001
  • The Weather Network-TV in Canada, 2001
  • UK Evening Standard, November 17, 2000
  • The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) From London TV, June 27, 1999
  • The Discovery Channel TV, June 14, 1999
  • CBS-TV, 48 HOURS, July 27, 2000
  • The Sunday Star Ledger, January 21, 2001
  • Travel Holiday Magazine, May, 2000
  • Outside Magazine (Family vacations), Summer Planner 2000
  • The World-Herald, May 18, 2000
  • Salem, Oregon, Statesman, June, 2000
  • Money Magazine, 1999
  • The Weather Channel, 2000 -2002
  • Japan Radio, February, 2000
  • We have been featured in numerous television documentaries and newscasts, and in over 300+ newspapers and magazine articles and videos from around the world.

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