Storm Chasers' View
The view from a speeding Tempest Tour van shows storm clouds gathering over a red Oklahoma horizon. This company lets guests ride with trained storm chasers to get up close and personal with tornadoes and other extreme weather.

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Oklahoma Tornado

Take a sobering tour as we track 76 deadly tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma and central Kansas in May 1999.

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