Freddy McKinney

Freddy McKinney (born 2001 or 2002) is an American storm chaser. After becoming interested in weather at a young age, McKinney first began chasing with his father, who was also a storm chaser. He has also chased storms alongside WOWT, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. McKinney also streams and posts storm chasing content on social media, including on YouTube.
Life and career
McKinney was born in Rising City, Nebraska. He became interested in weather at age 4, but also developed a fear of thunderstorms a year later, at five years old. After experiencing with radar equipment and studying with meteorology literature, McKinney began storm chasing with his father, John, who was himself a storm chaser as well. He notably chased storms with WOWT in 2021
Hawley tornado
On May 2, 2024, while chasing an EF3 tornado near Hawley, Texas, McKinney rescued an injured family and their dog from a demolished house and rushed them to a hospital, where they were hospitalized with various injuries. McKinney received widespread media coverage following the event, and wrote, "Thank god they survived that tornado" on Twitter.
McKinney streams and posts storm chasing content on TikTok and YouTube, the latter platform of which he has 112,000 subscribers on as of May 2, 2024.

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