Tornado Hunters
This multi-platform project consists of 5 webisodes, 2 TV pilots and a strong social media presence, including live feeds from the field. Greg Johnson, Chris Chittick, and Ricky Forbes are the Tornado Hunters. Outfitted with their truck, Flash and the best equipment money can buy; they target the biggest tornadoes in North America. Greg has built his passion for extreme weather into a full-time storm-chasing business, the only one in Canada, and he captures one-of-a-kind footage to keep it running. Those heart-of-the-storm images bring in enough cash from news networks to keep the dream alive. Standing in their way is the weight of their families' worries, the real responsibilities of being first responders, and the bone-rattling realities of aiming themselves right at the 300 mile-per-hour winds of nature at its worst. From Regina to Mexico, there is nowhere they won't go as they risk life, limb, and a lot of windshields to chase their passion for the world's worst weather.
- 2014-2015
- 1 season
- Reality
This multi-platform project consists of 5 webisodes, 2 TV pilots and a strong social media presence, including live feeds from the field. Greg Johnson, Chris Chittick, and Ricky Forbes are the Tornado Hunters. Outfitted with their truck, Flash and the best equipment money can buy; they target the biggest tornadoes in North America. Greg has built his passion for extreme weather into a full-time storm-chasing business, the only one in Canada, and he captures one-of-a-kind footage to keep it running. Those heart-of-the-storm images bring in enough cash from news networks to keep the dream alive. Standing in their way is the weight of their families' worries, the real responsibilities of being first responders, and the bone-rattling realities of aiming themselves right at the 300 mile-per-hour winds of nature at its worst. From Regina to Mexico, there is nowhere they won't go as they risk life, limb, and a lot of windshields to chase their passion for the world's worst weather.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Meet the Tornado Hunters
22 mins
Three guys chase tornadoes in North America. In the opener, a midnight twister puts the trio's skills to the test.
Episode 2
Double Down
22 mins
The guys try to turn a profit with their storm-chasing business and encounter colossal twin twisters.
Episode 3
Into the Belly of the Beast
22 mins
Greg, Chris and Ricky kick off the storm season with a bang when an epic night chase delivers one of the most photogenic lightning storms they have ever seen.
Episode 4
There is No Greg In Team
22 mins
Ricky and Chris go it alone when Greg bails on the first big storm chase of the season - a gigantic tornado-producing system that threatens to rip a deadly swath across the American Midwest.
Episode 5
Third Times the Charm
22 mins
The Tornado Hunters head to Texas in pursuit of a storm system that has been hammering the state for weeks, and run into a rain-wrapped monster that could be their first tornado "get" of the season.
Episode 6
Epic Fail
22 mins
A series of near-misses in the American midwest has the guys questioning their abilities.
Episode 7
The Big Day
22 mins
When celebrating Chris' nuptials, the guys go off on a five-tornado chase day.
Episode 8
The French Connection
22 mins
A tornado outbreak hits the American Midwest and every storm chaser is catching twisters - except the Tornado Hunters. A series of near misses makes the guys question if they really have what it takes.
Episode 9
Flash 2.0
22 mins
The boys take their new, super-modified F-150 out on her inaugural storm-chasing adventure and hedge their bets by teaming up with veteran storm chaser/surfer Johnny Hallen.
Episode 10
Operation Desert Storm
22 mins
The Tornado Hunters head down to the Arizona desert in search of massive monsoon sandstorms and soon learn that "they ain't in Kansas any more."
Episode 11
Welcome to Margaritaville
22 mins
The boys take their storm chasing game to the Florida Keys to track down massive water-borne tornados known as water spouts.
Episode 12
The Manitoba Monster
22 mins
The boys catch a homegrown twister of epic proportions, capping off another banner storm chasing season.