2001 Storm Chasing & Photography Accounts, Photos and Videos

Editor/Photographer

2001 was my most memorable year in many respects, storm adventures being possibly the biggest one of them. This was the first year I made a chase to the Great Plains in the spring, starting what would become an annual tradition, and prodiving the impetus for an eventual move away from West Virginia 9 years later.

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2001 Storm Highlights

October 24, 2001
Storm Chasing & Photography a large late-season severe weather outbreak in the midwest and Ohio Valley.

August 27, 2001
Lightning near Goldtown, WV.

August 9, 2001
Twilight lightning chase in the Hurricane, WV area.

July 8, 2001
Lightning during the disasterous flash flooding event in WV.

June 12, 2001
Vivid, close lightning near Sandyville, WV.

Storm Chasing & Photography Expedition 2001
A weeklong trip to the Great Plains for peak severe weather season.

April 9, 2001
Lightning show near Medina, WV.

All 2001 Storm Logs

March 2001:

3/13: Thunderstorms WV

April 2001:
4/6: Thunderstorms WV
4/8: Lightning chase WV
4/9: Lightning chase WV
4/10: Lightning chase WV

May 2001:
5/15: Lightning chase WV
5/16: Lightning chase WV
5/17: Lightning chase WV
5/26: Thunderstorms KY
5/27: Severe storms OK,KS
5/29: Supercell TX,OK
5/30: Severe storms OK

June 2001:
6/12: Lightning chase WV
6/29: Lightning chase WV

July 2001:
7/8: Lightning chase WV
7/8: Flood damage WV

August 2001:
8/9: Lightning chase WV
8/27: Lightning chase WV

October 2001:
10/24: Severe storms WV,OH,IN

November 2001:
11/6: Aurora borealis WV
11/6: Leonid meteors WV

Catch of the Year:

May 29 - Oklahoma City, OK: One of many discharges in a staggering barrage of tower lightning during the passage of a line of severe storms. [ Read more about this event ]