Tornado Alley: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Wizard of Oz movie in 1939 helped Kansas and the Great Plains become known as part of "Tornado Alley" - the region of the United States often visited in late spring and early summer by dangerous, sometimes violent, tornadoes. Part of the reason why is that the "dryline" -- a front separating moist Gulf of Mexico air from dry air from the Southwest -- often sits across these states, helping spawn tornado-producing thunderstorms. The Glossary of Meteorology published by the American Meteorological Society defines "Tornado Alley" as "a term often used by the media to denote a zone in the Great Plains region of the central United States, often a north-south-oriented region centered on north Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, where tornadoes are most frequent."

Series details

• Title: Tornado Alley
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-04-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-07-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The Weather Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2297

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-28; final listed air date 2014-06-16.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-04-27; final listed air date 2015-07-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tornado Alley on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.