Tim Samaras

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tim Samaras
Occupation	Meteorologist
Date Of Birth	Nov 12, 1957(1957-11-12)
Age	67
Date Of Death	2013-05-31
Birthplace	Lakewood CDP
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Scorpio

Tim Samaras Biography

Tim Samaras is one of the most popular and richest Meteorologist who was born on November 12, 1957 in Lakewood CDP, New Jersey, United States. Famous due to his performances in Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel weather series Storm Chasers the engineer meteorologist, meteorologist, and the the founder of TWISTEX (the Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes Experiment) was killed in an erupting storm that struck El Reno, Oklahoma, as he was working in the region conducting research into storms.

After Samaras passing away, Following Samaras’ death, Jim Cantore praised his fellow meteorologist for his pioneering storm research. the meteorologist he worked with for his groundbreaking storm research.

Timothy Michael Samaras (November 12, 1957 – May 31, 2013) was an American engineer and storm chaser best known for his field research on tornadoes and time on the Discovery Channel show, Storm Chasers. He was killed in the 2013 El Reno tornado.

Samaras attended Lasley Elementary and O’Connell Junior High in Lakewood, before graduating from Alameda International Junior/Senior High School in

1976. In his twenties, he began to chase storms “not for the thrill, but the science.” He would continue this pursuit until his untimely death in 2013.

His birthplace was and was was raised at Lakewood, Colorado. He and his wife Kathy have one son, named Paul (who tragically died with Paul’s father during the storm-chasing accident) and two daughters, Amy as well as Jennifer.

Tim Samaras Net Worth

Tim Samaras is one of the richest Meteorologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tim Samaras 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The fascination with tornadoes grew in his early years of childhood during the time he was watching The Wizard of Oz. He also developed early interest in engineering and science by putting his radio transmission together around the age of 12.

In collaboration in conjunction with Applied Research Associates, he studied airliner accidents such like the flight 800 crash. TWA Flight 800.

Samaras was born November 12, 1957 in Lakewood, Colorado, to Paul T. and Margaret L. Samaras. Paul (1925–2005) was a photographer and model airplane distributor who was an Army projectionist in WWII. Tim assisted in the photography and shop work. Margaret was born in 1929 and died in 1996. His mother talked him into watching an annual television broadcast of The Wizard of Oz at age six. “When the tornado appeared,” he recalled. “I was hooked!”

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Who is Tim Samaras Dating?

According to our records, Tim Samaras married to Kathy Samaras. As of December 1, 2023, Tim Samaras’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2011, Samaras took time off chasing to help build homes in Alabama for victims of tornadoes earlier that year. According to O’Neill he worked “from dawn to dusk” with “the same dedication and focus he brought to his meteorological work”.

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In the spring of 2013, TWISTEX was conducting lightning research (including with a high-speed camera) when active tornadic periods ensued in mid to late May, so Samaras decided to deploy atmospheric pressure probes and to test infrasound tornado sensors that were still under development. At 6:23 p.m. on May 31, 2013, Samaras, his 24-year-old son Paul (a photographer), and TWISTEX team member Carl Young (a meteorologist), 45, were killed by a violent wedge tornado with winds of 295 mph (475 km/h) near the Regional Airport of El Reno, Oklahoma. The TWISTEX vehicle was struck by a subvortex, which generate the highest winds and some of which were moving at 175 mph (282 km/h) within the parent tornado. Their Chevrolet Cobalt was distinguishable as a vehicle to the first responding sheriff’s deputy only due to its single intact wheel, as it had been compressed into a ball of metal after the tornado tumbled it approximately one-half mile (0.8 km).

Is the movie Twister based on Tim Samaras?

Hargrove was a reporter for the Dallas Observer when he heard of Samaras’ death. The 1996 drama Twister had loomed large in his teen years—and Samaras’ story was like a real-life retelling of that suspenseful tale. “I had to know more about this guy,” he tells Smithsonian.com. “Why did he get so close?

Is Tim Samaras still alive?

May 31, 2013

What was Tim Samaras driving?

Samaras’ Chevy Cobalt was traveling east down a dirt road with the tornado to his south. He almost certainly didn’t know that the rain-shrouded vortex was hooking toward him, to the northeast, and that he had entered its circulation.

Which storm chaser died?

Storm chaser Andy Gabrielson was killed in 2012 when a drunk driver hit his vehicle while returning home from a chase, according to Earth Sky. Weather Channel storm chasers Kelley Williamson and Randall Yarnall died in 2017 when they ran a stop sign while pursuing a storm and killed Corbin Lee Jaeger.

Do storm chasers still exist?

Storm chasers are most active in the spring and early summer, particularly May and June, across the Great Plains of the United States (extending into Canada) in an area colloquially known as Tornado Alley, with many hundred individuals active on some days during this period.