Tornado Alley - Big Movie Zone

The Tornado Intercept Vehicle
“Tornado Alley” tells the story of stormchaser Sean Casey’s quest to film the inside of a tornado. In order to get safely
into position to do so, he designed and built his Tornado Intercept Vehicle which he nicknamed TIV.
The TIV began its life as a standard Dodge 3500 pickup truck before being enhanced to withstand tornado-force storms.
To protect the safety of the team inside, Sean added bulletproof glass and armored steel plates. The turret at the top was
designed especially for the IMAX © film camera that he would use to film tornadoes.
The TIV also has weather instruments mounted on it, including a wind direction vane, an anemometer, and barometer.
Sean consulted with the VORTEX2 scientists to see which instruments would be most useful and to decide where best to
mount them on the TIV. The instrument mast that sticks up from the top of the TIV holds the instruments which collect
data including wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and air pressure.
After you make your own weather instruments, you can begin to imagine someday making your own storm chasing vehicle!