Tornado Tim drives a country road in search of an oncoming Tornado outside of Princeton Illinois on Wednesday June 22, 2016 (photo by Sandy Huffaker/Jaguar)
7th July 2016, Illinois: Storm chaser ?Tornado Tim? Baker drove the Jaguar XF through America?s Midwest in search of a tornado as this year?s storm season came to a dramatic close.
A storm chaser?s role is vital to help predict tornadoes and save lives, so the XF was the perfect mobile lab for the chase team to catch their tornado and collect vital data.

The chase, which covered 2,000 miles of highway and farm tracks through seven US states, saw the XF evade baseball-sized hailstones and drive through floods and high winds before intercepting a twister on the Iowa-Illinois border. After the encounter, Baker said: ?Storm chasing is all about getting to the right place at the right time ? and also staying out of trouble. It has been an interesting year for storms and it was great to try this car out as the season came to a close.?
?It took us a while to track one down, but when the weather map delivered, the car did too. The navigation and in-car Wi-Fi, which allowed us to connect our multiple devices, worked brilliantly in the chase. The all-wheel-drive capability was also excellent as we travelled through rain and floods on loose gravel roads.?
The chase began with the biggest storm of the 2016 season looming over the American Midwest, with a potential 95 million people in its path. It took Tim from Denver, Colorado, r...