Storm Stories 

Storm Stories
Format Documentary/Drama
Starring Jim Cantore
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 67
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel The Weather Channel
Original run January 6, 2003May 29, 2008
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Storm Stories was a non-fiction TV series aired on The Weather Channel and Zone Reality hosted by meteorologist and Storm-Tracker Jim Cantore. Storm Stories showcases various types of severe weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards. Each episode features a famous severe storm and has survivors sharing their experience during the storm. The program also features real footage of the storm, but typically a re-enactment will be used because no footage is available. The videos would often play while the survivors offer their account of what is being shown. Often, TWC will air a special week dedicated to one specific type of storm.

Contents

Side Shows

History

TWC formerly displayed "Local On The 8s", during the show. Currently, an L-bar similar to Weatherscan's appears giving local information to viewers. However, this is only for IntelliStar systems. Any other system uses a Satellite L-Bar that gives forecasts for major cites.

In some episodes, the old TWC logo (1996-2005) was used during the question at the end, which is most difficult to stretch the current TWC logo on the black bar of Weather Star XL or IntelliStar, and after the credits, they used the old 2003 graphic of The Weather Channel logo before the short 1 minute flavor (either D or E) local forecast begins. This graphic was removed late in the run.

Some of the episodes included aircraft crashes caused by weather including Air France Flight 358, American Airlines Flight 1420 and Usair Flight 1016.

In Mid-2007, Storm Stories got a brand new look on its intro; also, the new episodes now contain computer animated graphics showing the weather situation, and the ending question has also changed its format. In October 2007, the channel moved the show to 2-3 p.m. ET. However, after the network began its transition to HD programming on June 2, 2008, the series no longer airs on the network.

Reruns of the series can be seen in syndication on select stations. Episodes of the series have been released on DVD.

Special "Weeks" of Storm Stories

Tornado Week

A week about tornado stories; such as the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak and 1998 Nashville tornado outbreak.

Heroes of the Storm

7 days about everyday people and how they saved lifes during nature at its worst.

Hurricane Week

7 days of dangerous or deadly hurricanes from Andrew to Ivan, also including typhoons and a tropical storm

The Christmas Tree Ship

A holiday storm story made for all ages talking about how people survived a November blizzard on Lake Michigan and how they kept the spirit of Christmas.

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