Reed Timmer tracks a rotating wall cloud near Seiling

A fast-starting storm-chasing stream follows the crew's roadside decisions as severe storms develop across western Oklahoma.

Channel: Reed Timmer Story of November 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 433,751 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (35,007).

HEADS UP! Tornado Threat Returns w Chasers

Reed Timmer pulls onto a dirt side road, and the crew gets out to film a rotating wall cloud. Near Seiling, Oklahoma, the chase has moved from watching radar screens to studying the storm structure directly ahead.

The stream, titled "HEADS UP! Tornado Threat Returns w Chasers", drew about 430,000 views in its first day, compared with roughly 35,000 for a usual upload on his channel.

Getting there involves choices rather than simply driving toward the darkest sky. Timmer and front-seat navigator Matt, known as LocalManWeather, weigh following a northern supercell against heading south toward stronger inflow. Matt checks emerging cells on mobile radar while Timmer watches cloud towers develop along the dryline.

The broadcast starts less smoothly: the in-car microphone fails, leaving studio contributor James Pettus to explain the problem. Once sound returns, viewers can follow the crew connecting the forecast to what they see through the windshield. The stream includes sponsorship from Nitto.

The outlook displayed in the broadcast is dated November 2, so its tornado-risk map should not be read as a fresh warning for today. It identifies parts of Oklahoma and Kansas as the main concern, with storms potentially developing into a line carrying damaging winds.

Near Seiling, Timmer describes a wall cloud with rapidly rising scud and differing motions within it. The crew returns to the vehicle and continues along rural roads as that structure reorganizes.

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The numbers

The storm-chasing stream drew a much larger first-day audience than Reed Timmer's usual upload.

the video's first day

usual first day here

35,007

this video

433,751

subscribers

2,120,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

581,485,887

views per day

713,991

typical day: 373,643

the video

views

434,227

likes

5,988

comments

59

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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2,170,000

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2,120,000

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2,080,000

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2,010,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.