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An American documentary [[Reality TV]] series on [[Discovery Channel]] that follows several teams of storm chasers throughout the Midwestern United States. The show debuted in October, 2007 and was cancelled in January 2012
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* [[Cool Car]]: A large number of them, including but not limited to the Tornado Intercept Vehicles (TIV and TIV2), the Dominator, the Doppler On Wheels (DOW) trucks, etc.
* [[Crossover]]: The TIV2 and Dominator were featured on an episode of ''[[
* [[Death From Above]]: Tornadoes, lightning, and hail produced by supercell storms.
* [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud]]: Averted as they have vehicles specifically designed to go into them (the TIV, the TIV2, and the Dominator)
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* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The aftermath of the tornadoes the teams chase, particularly the stronger ones like Yazoo City. Season 5 was replete with this, with the teams witnessing [[wikipedia:2011 tornadoes|multiple powerful tornadoes striking populated urban areas]].
* [[Series Goal]]: IMAX filmmaker Sean Casey commissioned the TIVs in order to get inside a tornado for the purposes of capturing footage for his [[Magnum Opus]] that will also provide financial security for his family. For season 5, he's filming in 3D for a new movie.
** Accomplished in the IMAX documentary ''Tornado Alley'' which is essentially [[The Movie]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Josh Wurman when imposing the 'restraining order' on the TIV 2 team in season 4.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Matt Hughes, a member of the TIV 2 team, finally achieves his goal of getting inside a tornado, only for the viewers to find out that, according to the show, he was fatally injured in an "accident unrelated to chasing" a few days after the episode was filmed. He actually committed suicide.
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