The team achieved an “intercept,” as ... radar trucks and several other vehicles, including a pickup truck with a pod of instruments designed to survive a tornado long enough to measure ...

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(The two examples of the TIV, or "Tornado Intercept Vehicle," were both created by Oklahoma storm chasers; the latter has traded hands a few times.) In an ironic twist, Carter stumbled into storm ...