2006 Storm Chasing & Photography Logs, Photos & Videos

Editor/Photographer

2006 was my first full year shooting with a HD video camera, so I focused more on gathering video footage than stills. The Great Plains trip in May was my most organized ever, with a car-full of friends and equipment. Unfortunately, this trip occured during one of the least active spring tornado seasons in decades. We not only saw no tornadoes during the trip, but were stranded by car trouble for days in Bismarck, North Dakota.

After all of that, an unlikely tornado redemption occured in September, when I discovered the full potential of fall season severe weather in the Midwest. I caught the F4 Crosstown, Missouri tornado just across the river in Illinois, keeping 2006 from being a tornado-less year.

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Catch of the Year:

September 22: The last F4 wedge tornado at Crosstown, Missouri. [ Read more about this event ]

2006 Mileage
18,203
	Winter	3,160
	Tornado	8,065
	Lightning / Other	6,978

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2006 Notable Storms

December 1, 2006
ST. LOUIS - Major ice storm in St. Louis.

Tornado intercept September 22, 2006
CROSSTOWN, MO - The last F4 tornado in history.

Tropical cyclone chase September 1, 2006
CAROLINA BEACH, NC - Tropical Storm Ernesto intercept.

Chicago Lightning chase July 20, 2006
CHICAGO - Project to capture lightning striking the Sears Tower.

Lightning chase July 4, 2006
ST. ALBANS, WV - Extreme close-ups of lightning.

Lightning chase June 22, 2006
PITTSBURGH - Multi-day lightning show over Pittsburgh.

Supercell chase Storm Chasing Expedition 2006
BISMARCK, ND - Our 2006 chase to the Great Plains during peak severe weather season.

Severe thunderstorm chase April 14, 2006
RIPLEY, WV - Severe storms from Ripley to Clarksburg, WV.

Winter weather chase February 12, 2006
FAYETTEVILLE, WV - 6" snowfall from Charleston to Fayetteville, WV.

January 18, 2006
CHARLESTON, WV - Car rollover caught on tape on I-64, Charleston, WV.

Lightning chase January 2, 2006
CHARLESTON, WV - Lightning from the storm implicated in the Sago coal mine tragedy.

All 2006 Chases (54)

January 2006:
Winter weather chase

1/2: Winter lightning WV
General weather event

1/5: Charleston weather WV
Ice storm chase

1/5: Ice storm NC
General weather event

1/11: Charleston rain WV

1/18: Slick roads WV
High wind event

1/24: Charleston wind WV
Winter weather chase

1/25: Charleston snow WV

February 2006:
General weather event Television assignment 2/9: Charleston weather WV
Winter weather chase 2/11: Charleston snow WV
2/12: 6" snowfall WV

March 2006:
General weather event Television assignment 3/6: Charleston rain WV
Winter weather chase 3/7: Beckley snow WV
Thunderstorm observation 3/14: Portsmouth storms OH
3/21: Icy Roads WV
3/24: Charleston weather WV
3/25: Winterplace snow WV
Cloud type observation 3/27: Charleston fog WV
General weather event Television assignment 3/28: Charleston rain WV
3/31: Charleston rain WV

April 2006:
Lightning chase 4/1: Spring lightning WV
Bust chase 4/2: Tornado bust MO,IL
4/7: Tornado bust TN,AL
General weather event 4/7: Tornado damage TN
Severe thunderstorm chase 4/14: Severe storms WV
4/17: Tower lightning WV
Thunderstorm observation Television assignment 4/21: Charleston storms WV

May 2006:
Severe thunderstorm chase 5/23: Severe storms NE
Bust chase 5/24: Storm bust MO
Supercell chase 5/25: Supercella MO
Lightning chase 5/26: Lightning IA
5/27: Supercell ND

June 2006:
6/19: Pittsburgh storms PA
6/22: Lightning chase PA,WV
6/28: Lightning chase WV

July 2006:
Chicago Lightning chase 7/3: Chicago storms IL
7/4: Tower lightning WV
General weather event Television assignment 7/5: Charleston rain WV
7/11: Chicago storms IL
7/14: Close lightning WV
7/20: Chicago storms IL

August 2006:
High wind event 8/19: Strong gust front WV
8/27: Lightning chase WV

September 2006:
Tropical cyclone chase 9/1: TS Ernesto NC
9/22: Tornado intercept IL
Flood event observation 9/23: Indiana flooding IN

October 2006:
Cloud type observation Television assignment 10/2: Charleston fog WV
Thunderstorm observation 10/5: Charleston storm WV
10/11: Madison storm WV

November 2006:
General weather event Television assignment 11/1: Charleston rain WV
Winter weather chase 11/20: Beckley snow WV

December 2006:
Ice storm chase 12/1: STL ice storm MO
Winter weather chase Television assignment 12/5: Lake effect snow NY
12/6: Lake effect snow PA
Astrophotography event 12/14: Geminid meteors WV