KANSAS TORNADO TRILOGY
Discover the Kansas Tornado Trilogy – Produced by Emmy and Murrow Award-winning director Lester Rowe, the Kansas Tornado Trilogy goes beyond the science of storms. These films offer the definitive accounts of the state’s most pivotal weather events, featuring exclusive archival footage, never-before-heard survivor testimony, and the inside story of the meteorological breakthroughs that save lives today.
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65 Minutes : A Greensburg Story
The Definitive Account: The comprehensive story of the 2007 EF5 tornado, from the devastation to the divisive “Green” rebuilding efforts.
The Warning: Features meteorologist Jay Prater, whose warnings are credited with saving hundreds of lives that night.
The Human Element: goes beyond the headlines to reveal the reluctance, resilience, and reality of a town trying to reinvent itself.
Dawn of Doppler: The 1958 El Dorado Tornado
co prod. Frank Waugh and Cassidy Jo Sutton
Exclusive Content: Contains the only known video of the 1958 tornado—footage found nowhere else.
The Innovation: How a tragedy in small-town Kansas provided the perfect atmospheric elements to birth modern Doppler Radar detection.
The Survivors: Breaking the “stiff upper lip” of the 1950s, survivors from the Graham Addition share their stories of the human toll behind the scientific breakthrough.
Echoes of the Storm: Voices of Udall
co prod. Frank Waugh, Cassidy Jo Sutton, and Brooke Kozlowski
The History: A deep dive into the deadliest natural disaster in Kansas history—the 1955 night the sirens didn’t sound.
Exclusive Testimony: Features heart-wrenching accounts, including a survivor—thrown from her home and entangled in barbed wire—telling her story for the first time in history.
The Leadership: Chronicles the Mayor’s impossible task of rebuilding a town that had been completely wiped off the map.