This is the twenty second game in the Nancy Drew adventure series. It is based on Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #155: The Mystery in Tornado Alley. It was promoted with a microsite, a video webseries of character interviews which can be found on Her Interactive's website, and a blog of the intern Nancy is replacing. The bar at the top of the box is of a different format so that it advertises that it can be played on both Mac and PC.
Plot
The meteorology department of Oklahoma's Canute College is competing in a $100,000,000 competition to develop equipment that can actually predict when tornadoes will strike! But some of their current equipment starts to mysteriously fail, and members of the team are injured! Is it just bad luck, or sabotage? Tech tycoon P. G. Krolmeister (yes, THE Krolmeister) asks Nancy to join Canute's team intern to help out, make the competition fair, and find the source of the trouble!
Characters
Scott Varnell
Scott is the leader of the Canute team. Short-tempered and eccentric, he is very dedicated to the study of tornadoes, but lately seems out of it.
Debbie Kircum
Debbie is the project manager. She does most of the work, up to and including putting up with Scott's temper.
Tobias "Frosty" Harlow
Frosty is the team's photographer. His interest in tornadoes started when he was literally caught in one and got some of the best footage to date, as well as his current nickname. He's a bit overconfident about his photography abilities.
Chase Relerford
Chase is the team's handyman. He is a junior who signed up as a science requirement, but found himself very intrigued by the class.
Pa
Pa runs Ma and Pa's General Store. He's a famous local, and is also quite serious about tornado safety.
Phone Friends
Nancy uses a cell phone that is accessible by an icon at the bottom of the screen.
Frank and Joe Hardy
Frank and Joe are detective brothers and friends of Nancy who can give her advice if she's a Junior Detective. At the moment they're trying to solve their own case, called Treasure on the Tracks, or as Joe calls it, The Mystery of the Train Trip.
P.G. Krolmeister
Krolmeister is the one who hired Nancy to find out who was behind the sabatage. He's a bit excitable!