Tornado Alley

Season 2

2015 · 12 episodes

The second season of Tornado Alley aired in 2015 and expanded on the formats established in the first season. It continued to blend real-time meteorological breakdowns with harrowing, personal stories of survival. Original air date for Season 2 of Tornado Alley was April 27, 2015

Episodes

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   1. Real Time: Hattiesburg, Mississippi

   27 Apr 2015

   A multiple-vortex tornado barrels through Hattiesburg, Mississippi and leaves behind a path of destruction. The entire city and the University of Southern Mississippi campus are left in ruin.

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   2. Real Time: Henryville, Indiana

   4 May 2015

   This is the story of the Henryville, Indiana, tornado as told by those who witnessed and survived it.

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   3. Real Time: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

   11 May 2015

   An EF-4 multiple-vortex tornado rips through the heart of Tuscaloosa, Ala., leaving a path of destruction 80 miles long and clocking 190-mile-per-hour winds.

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   4. Real Time: Washington, Illinois

   18 May 2015

   Recounted through interviews and home videos, this is the story of the Washington tornado and the people who experienced the storm first-hand.

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   5. I Survived: Split Second

   25 May 2015

   A shelter provides refuge from the storm until it becomes a trap; a grandmother who runs a daycare, saves herself and three toddlers by taking cover in a bathtub; a neighbor feels guilty for leaving a woman caught outside.

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   6. I Survived: In My House

   1 Jun 2015

   A single mother and her two sons get sucked into the vortex of a tornado and survive; a family from Mississippi learns that survival sometimes means needing help; preparation for a disaster means endurance for a community in Texas.

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   7. I Survived: Separated in the Storm

   8 Jun 2015

   Mother risks her life to save her two children as her house is torn to pieces; family risks their lives to save their neighbors; mother and daughter learn the meaning of survival.

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   8. I Survived: Unbreakable Bonds

   15 Jun 2015

   Strangers unite to survive a tornado; storm chasers rescue a family; friends become first responders to help a trapped family in their own home; injured toddler is saved by a police officer.

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   9. I Survived: The Spirit and the Storm

   22 Jun 2015

   Chance encounters enable strangers to survive tornado nightmares; separation for a family hurts worse than the storm; two strangers rely on instinct to survive a multiple vortex tornado.

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    10. I Survived: Too Late to Run

    29 Jun 2015

    A family skips the town shelter; an immigrant from Nigeria finds strength is his new community after the loss of his wife.

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    11. I Survived: No Other Answer

    6 Jul 2015

    A girl who lost her own grandmother to a tornado three years earlier is saved by three rescuers; a older girl finds her inner courage; a campus ministry member and a storm chaser unite to help people in the storm.

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    12. I Survived: Path of Destruction

    13 Jul 2015

    Frozen yogurt stop becomes shelter for strangers in Joplin, Missouri; families look for help after winds destroy their small town; cell phones save a couple's daughter during a storm.