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 of survival. Original air date for Season 2 of Tornado Alley was April 27, 2015
Episodes
Real Time: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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.
Real Time: Henryville, Indiana
This is the story of the Henryville, Indiana, tornado as told by those who witnessed and survived it.
Real Time: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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.
Real Time: Washington, Illinois
Recounted through interviews and home videos, this is the story of the Washington tornado and the people who experienced the storm first-hand.
I Survived: Split Second
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.
I Survived: In My House
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.
I Survived: Separated in the Storm
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.
I Survived: Unbreakable Bonds
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.
I Survived: The Spirit and the Storm
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.
I Survived: Too Late to Run
A family skips the town shelter; an immigrant from Nigeria finds strength is his new community after the loss of his wife.
I Survived: No Other Answer
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.
I Survived: Path of Destruction
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.