| Storm chasers love to chase storms and | | | | the day or night. The most active time of year is |
| witnessing a tornado is usually the biggest prize | | | | spring and early summer particularly May & |
| any storm chasers can wish for. To achieve this | | | | June and as such they have been given the name |
| goal you find this elusive bread tracking and | | | | of "Hurricane Season". This time of year makes |
| hunting down thunderstorms and hurricanes over | | | | Tornado Alley the perfect location to take a |
| large distances. | | | | Storm Chasing holiday. |
| Storm chasing is a real scientific challenge. The art | | | | Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms, the |
| of trying to understand the storm, work out the | | | | increase in wind speed with increasing height of |
| rout a storm will take and the level of destruction | | | | the cloud creates an invisible horizontal spinning |
| they will cause is a real skill. Many people have | | | | effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within |
| now established that one of the ultimate thrill | | | | the thunderstorm, then are critical mass the |
| seeking holidays is to follow these storm experts | | | | updraft tilt the rotating air from horizontal to |
| with the hope that they can join the excitement | | | | vertical to generate one of mother nature's most |
| and see a tornado happening right before their | | | | violent and yet beautiful weather occurrences. |
| eyes! | | | | Storm chasing often involves driving thousands of |
| Tornados usually exceed a 100 mph and can | | | | miles whilst tracking a storm just to witness the |
| reach speeds of 300 mph making them the most | | | | short time of a high activity. During the Hurricane |
| violent and scary storms on earth. They can | | | | season many chasers stay in key areas to be on |
| destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl | | | | hand for when a storm appears. You can now |
| vehicles hundreds of yards. The USA is the hub | | | | book storm chasing adventure tours, however |
| for Tornadoes although they can happen | | | | many chasers plan their own trips renting villas |
| anywhere. Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, | | | | and apartments in key areas ready for any |
| Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South | | | | storm activity. |
| Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming are known as | | | | The first defined storm chaser is David Hoadley |
| the "tornado alley" because of the high occurrence | | | | who began chasing storms in North Dakota in |
| rate of tornado activity amongst them. | | | | 1956 and ever since the thrill seeking hobby has |
| An average of 1000 storm's occur each year in | | | | grown in popularity. |
| the USA and can make land fall at any time of | | | | |