Storm chasing involves pursuing severe weather like tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes. While seeing a tornado is the main goal, storm chasers also enjoy observing cloud structures, hail, lightning, and dramatic skies. Storm chasing can be motivated by curiosity, adventure, science, or documenting storms for news or media.
2. Storm chasing is broadly defined as the pursuit of any severe weather condition, regardless of motive, which can be curiosity, adventure, scientific exploration or for news / media coverage. A person who chases storms is known as a storm chaser, or simply a chaser. While witnessing a tornado is the single biggest objective for most chasers, many chase thunderstorms and delight in seeing cumulonimbus structure, watching a barrage of hail and lightning, and seeing what skyscapes unfold. There are also a smaller number of storm chasers who chase hurricanes.