About Reed
Reed Timmer is an American meteorologist and storm chaser born March 17, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He holds a PhD in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma (completed 2015). Timmer is known for his extensive storm chasing work, having filmed his first tornado in 1998 and subsequently documented major severe weather events including the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado, the 2011 Super Outbreak tornadoes, and the 2022 Hurricane Ian eyewall.
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Adventurer / ExplorerTV presentersBrand ambassadorCreatorScientistHurricanesMeteorological ResearchSevere WeatherStorm DocumentationTornadoes
Known for
- Starring in Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers television series
- Storm chasing and filming tornadoes
- Hurricane Ian eyewall documentation in 2022
- Operating specialized storm-chasing vehicles (Dominator series)
- Social media weather content creation
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