PEORIA, IL —Tornado season is fast approaching, and on March 29, 2013, Tornado Alley will bring nature’s most dramatic weather phenomena to Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen Theater. Sean Casey, Tornado Alley filmmaker and star of the Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers series, will be in Peoria on March 29 and March 30 with the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV).

Casey and his TIV will be on the museum’s Sun Plaza facing Water Street, beginning Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Casey will be visiting with Peoria Riverfront Museum members and the general public for photo opportunities, Q & A and autographs. The Q & A session is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the Giant Screen Theater.

Tornado Alley premieres in the Giant Screen Theater on Friday, March 29, at 11:00 a.m. Tickets are available online at www.PeoriaRiverfrontMuseum.org or at the museum’s front desk. Tornado Alley is the culmination of Casey’s efforts to chase tornados and will give audiences the chance to ride along—to experience a visual powerhouse of never-before-captured tornado footage on the Giant Screen.

“Tornadoes are surreal, unimaginable,” said Casey. “I want to witness something that I am truly in awe of. My dream has always been to get footage that’s as powerful as the subject matter. There’s a huge difference between filming a tornado from a couple miles away with a telephoto lens, and filming a tornado that’s on top of you with a wide-angle lens.”