tornado chasers is an american documentary series that premiered on september 19, 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 and canada. 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.