Reed Timmer
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Reed Timmer recording a Tornado
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March 17, 1980 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Fields | Meteorology |
| Institutions | KFOR-TV |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Featured on Storm Chasers Designer and main operator of the SRV Dominator |
Reed Timmer (born March 17, 1980) is an American meteorologist and storm chaser who starred on Discovery Channel's reality television series Storm Chasers. On the series, Reed followed severe weather with his TornadoVideos.Net team in their vehicle, the SRV Dominator. He previously starred in the documentary film Tornado Glory and subsequently the TV series Tornado Chasers following the cancellation of the Discovery Channel show. He was featured in an interview on a bonus feature for the "Into The Storm" Blu-ray.
Timmer became interested in the weather at a young age, after experiencing a severe thunderstorm that reportedly dropped golfball-sized hail in his yard. After graduating from Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids, MI, in 1998, he began studying meteorology at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In October of that year, he filmed his first tornado. In April 2013, Reed joined KFOR-TV's 4WARN Storm Team as a storm chaser, and his SRV Dominator 2 as 4WARN Dominator 4. Reed graduated with his Ph.D. in Meteorology from the OU in the spring of 2015. He is married to former Fox News Channel meteorologist Maria Molina.
Reed Timmer started his own webseries called Tornado Chasers on his website TVNWeather.com, he started it with fellow members of his TVN Team. He has created 2 seasons so far, a 2012 season, and a 2013 season, He is unsure if the series will return at all.
Season 1 was released with a total of 12 episodes. 2012 was a very quiet season, and so very few tornadoes were seen. The best tornado they shot was a massive tornado in South Dakota on June 22, 2012,with monster hail, they were not in the Dominator at the time, which ended up seeing their SUV's windows shattered by the large hail. It can be seen in episode 12 of the Season. Reed and his team also attended a science fair that year.
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