These vehicles are called TIVs, or tornado intercept vehicles, on the show, and TIV1 was the first of the two vehicles used on the show. TIV1 is a 1997 Ford pickup truck with tons of armor to ...

The vehicle’s stock interior can also be seen ... as the data collected by the crew during this latest tornado intercept pointed to a maximum wind speed of over 140 miles per hour (225 ...