Wednesday’s tornadic supercell storms that killed upwards of 280 people in a wind-driven rampage across the Midwestern United States is the first of its caliber to have been forecasted and monitored through its progression with such first-hand accounts and eyes-in-the-sky intensity.

Reed Timmer and the team of Discovery Channel Storm Chasers monitored the developing storms, filming at least four tornadoes in the process. Their priority for that day – as was the case for veteran storm watchers across the region – was to keep local authorities apprised of the path of destruction these twisters were taking in an effort to save lives.

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