Ryan Shepard, 39 and founder of Storm Of Passion, is one such chaser. Along with his tank-like Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV-2), one of only two in the world, and his extensive knowledge of ...

Tornadoes have always intrigued us and the movies, Twister and the TIV-2 solidified our desire to get into the eye of the storm. We might finally have our day with the Hummer H3T Storm Chaser.

The TIV-2 storm chase vehicle anchored as a dangerous rotating tornadic cloud moves across the road, Texas, May 2025. (Note the long queue of chasers behind.) Mike Killian.

Spotted for sale on Craigslist is storm chaser Sean Casey’s heavily modified TIV 2 camera truck, which is based on an old-school Dodge Ram 3500 dually pickup truck. The documentarian’s Tornado ...