Tornado Alley — Season 2
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
About this season
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 (12)
1. Real Time: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Aired 27 April 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.
2. Real Time: Henryville, Indiana
Aired 4 May 2015
This is the story of the Henryville, Indiana, tornado as told by those who witnessed and survived it.
3. Real Time: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Aired 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.
4. Real Time: Washington, Illinois
Aired 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.
5. I Survived: Split Second
Aired 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.
6. I Survived: In My House
Aired 1 June 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.
7. I Survived: Separated in the Storm
Aired 8 June 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.
8. I Survived: Unbreakable Bonds
Aired 15 June 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.
9. I Survived: The Spirit and the Storm
Aired 22 June 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.
10. I Survived: Too Late to Run
Aired 29 June 2015
A family skips the town shelter; an immigrant from Nigeria finds strength is his new community after the loss of his wife.
11. I Survived: No Other Answer
Aired 6 July 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.
12. I Survived: Path of Destruction
Aired 13 July 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.