The Movie
Synopsis
Trivia
Filming Locations
Get ready to experience the amazing beauty and violent fury of Tornado Alley in this groundbreaking documentary. Filmmaker Ken Cole puts you in the passenger seat with Joel Taylor and Reed Timmer, two young stormchasers living their dream in Storm Season, 2003.
When they’re not studying the weather, Reed and Joel try to get as close as possible to the deadliest twisters. Learn what meteorologists think about stormchasing and know what it means to come face-to-face with a tornado.
2006/Color/Stereo/56 minutes
Rated TV-G
• Director Ken Cole filmed thirteen chases with Reed and Joel during Spring 2003, three of which are featured in the movie. Of the thirteen, four chases successfully produced at least one tornado.
• Joel originally hoped to sell his old Pontiac Grand Prix shortly after the April 5th, 2003 chase for about $3000. As the movie shows, the tennis-ball sized hail put a “dent” in Joel’s plans, and he only made about $1000!
• Reed is currently studying for his meteorology PhD at the University of Oklahoma. Before long we’ll have Dr. Reed Timmer!
• Tornado Glory’s musical artists were OU students during post-production. In order to meet tight deadlines, the dedicated crew could only record music in the pre-dawn morning hours during final examination week.
Tornado Glory aims to accomplish what no movie has ever done: giving audiences the real experience of stormchasing. In order to complete this ambitious project, continuous filming was required throughout Storm Season in the Southern Plains.
Shooting for Tornado Glory started in January 2003 and continued through November 2003. Specific shooting locations are listed below:
Filmed Interviews
All interviews were filmed in Norman, OK and Moore, OK April - June, 2003
Weather Photography
Weather-specific photography took place in central Oklahoma March 2003 - November 2003
March 17th, 2003
Stormchase covered locations including:
Areas between Altus, OK and Duncan, OK
April 5th, 2003
Stormchase covered locations including:
Norman, OK
Wichita Falls, TX
Stonewall County, TX
Dallas, TX
May 15th, 2003
Stormchase covered locations including:
Amarillo, TX
Dumas, TX
Dalhart, TX
Dallam County, TX
Cimarron County, OK
June 24th, 2003
Chase Stormchase covered locations including:
Manchester, SD
