Storm Stories

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Storm Stories
Genre	Documentary/Drama
Creator(s)	The Weather Channel
Starring	Jim Cantore
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	67
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Stokes
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	The Weather Channel
Original run	January 6, 2003 – present

Storm Stories is a non-fiction TV show on The Weather Channel and Zone Reality hosted by meteorologist and Storm-Tracker Jim Cantore. This program showcases various types of severe weather, airing from 7:00PM (Eastern Standard Time) to 8:00PM (EST). 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. This video will 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.

Aside from the normal series, there is also a series known as Animal Storm Stories which features storms affecting the well-being of animals

Also, aside from the normal series, A weekly series known as Coast Guard Storm Stories premiered on January 15, 2006. This series details the United States Coast Guard and their work during natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina.

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.

[edit] Special "Weeks" of Storm Stories

Tornado Week - A week about tornado stories; from the Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak to the Nashville Tornado of 1998.
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.