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From the Melville parade to an auto show in Las Vegas, from tornadoes to hurricanes, a made-in-Saskatchewan storm chase vehicle gets around.

What started life as a Ford F-350 bought at Melville Motors became a virtual bomb shelter on wheels known as Dominator 3 used in Canada and the United States by the crew. The unrecognizable oneton pickup has bulletproof windows and is covered in 15-gauge steel, eight layers of Kevlar and a protective coating Sean Schofer calls "the first defence for flying debris." Hydraulic spikes can anchor the vehicle when it gets into a tornado to collect scientific data.

"We've been inside four tornadoes with that vehicle so far this year," said Schofer, a Melville firefighter and partner in TVNweather. The vehicle also got close to six small tornadoes in southern Saskatchewan recently and will hit the road in this province next week, after its appearance this weekend in the Melville parade.

"The whole thing just shakes.Buy Promotional Anti-scratching PET protective film Products at Phones. It feels like you're getting run over by a freight train," Schofer said of some of the more intense storms weathered by Dominator 3. Besides radar and scientific equipment, Dominator 3 has rescue tools, the Jaws of Life and medical gear - Schofer's idea given his training and the fact it's often first on scene after a tornado.

The TVN crew is led by Oklahoma-based meteorologist Reed Timmer, formerly of Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers and now of the direct-to-Web documentary series Tornado Chasers. He arrived in Regina on Friday, and plans to film in Saskatchewan next week.

Timmer has chased tornadoes in this province since 2007, when he pursued the same storm that spawned the massive Elie, Man., twister. The time had come to have a Dominator based in Canada, where the tornado season stretches into early August. "You can get very strong tornadoes here just like in Oklahoma," Timmer said.

The newest member of the fleet is the toughest, so it also goes south. The Saskatchewan licence plates may turn some heads in the U.S., but usually the first question is: "What kind of gas mileage does this thing get?" With a shared interest in the science of tornadoes, Schofer first teamed up with Timmer last summer.

"We're not thrill seekers," said Schofer, adding the armoured vehicle allows them closer for research.

"The real mystery behind tornado science is not necessarily the wind speed above the ground but when the tornado interacts with the friction of the earth," said Timmer, explaining how tornadoes can split, heightening speeds. A colleague who specialized in measuring near-ground wind speeds died in the El Reno tornado.

The loss has strengthened Timmer's resolve to continue that research. "I honestly feel safer 100 yards from a tornado than I do crossing the sidewalk."

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