Tornado Expedition Logs & Photos

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By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer

This page lists all of my tornado intercept days from newest to oldest, with links to each expedition report containing more photos, videos and detailed accounts. Most of these images are still frames captured from video footage. For high-resolution stills, view the tornado stills gallery page. I have stock footage of these tornadoes available at the tornado stock footage page.

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June 15, 2019 - Mt. Olive, Illinois tornado (1)

Weak MCV-related tornado in central Illinois.

May 20, 2019 - Paducah, Texas tornadoes (2)

Tornadoes in western north Texas.

May 17, 2019 - McCook/Farnham, Nebraska tornadoes (3)

Tornadoes in southwestern Nebraska.

April 30, 2019 - Donnellson, Illinois tornado (1)

Tornado in central Illinois near Coffeen Lake.

March 22, 2019 - Vega, Texas tornado (1)

Tornado along I-40 in the Texas Panhandle.

December 1, 2018 - Central Illinois tornadoes (4)

December tornado outbreak in central Illinois.

June 1, 2018 - Ord, Nebraska tornado (1)

QLCS tornado barely misses Ord, Nebraska.

May 29, 2018 - Waynoka, Oklahoma tornado (1)

Thin rope tornado east of the town of Waynoka in northwestern Oklahoma.

May 28, 2018 - Colorado landspout tornadoes (5)

Five landspout tornadoes in eastern Colorado.

November 5, 2017 - Huey, Illinois tornado (1)

Thin needle tornado near Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois.

July 21, 2017 - Clifton, Illinois tornado (1)

Short-lived tornado south of the Chicago metro area.

June 12, 2017 - Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska tornadoes (5)

Five tornadoes in the Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska tri-state region.

May 16, 2017 - McLean, Texas tornado (1)

A photogenic tornado in the Texas panhandle.

February 28, 2017 - Christopher, Illinois tornado (1)

An EF4 intercept during a wintertime tornado outbreak across the Midwest.

June 22, 2016 - Troy Grove and Pontiac, Illinois tornadoes (2)

Tornadoes in northern Illinois during a northwest flow event.

May 25, 2016 - Bennington and Abilene, KS tornadoes (2)

Long-track EF4 tornado in central Kansas.

May 24, 2016 - Dodge City, KS tornadoes (11)

Numerous tornadoes in southwestern Kansas!

May 22, 2016 - Spearman, TX tornadoes (2)

Tornadoes in the Texas panhandle.

June 28, 2015 - Eolia and St. Peters, MO tornadoes (3)

Tornadoes northwest of and in the St. Louis metro.

June 19, 2015 - Enfield, IL tornado (1)

One of many tornadoes in southern Illinois due to Tropical Storm Bill.

May 15, 2015 - Lakeside, NE tornado (1)

Tornado near a surface low in western Nebraska.

May 8, 2015 - Throckmorton, TX tornado (1)

Tornado in an HP supercell in north Texas.

October 13, 2014 - New Baden, IL tornado (1)

Fall season tornado only a mile from home in October.

June 7, 2014 - St. Louis Metro Area Tornadoes (2)

A tornado mini-outbreak in the St. Louis metro area and surrounding region.

June 3, 2014 - Nebraska City, Nebraska Tornado (1)

Another HP supercell in Nebraska with a hard-to-see tornado near Nebraska City.

May 11, 2014 - Beaver Crossing, Nebraska Tornadoes (2)

A HP supercell with multiple hard-to-see tornadoes along the I-80 corridor in Nebraska.

May 10, 2014 - Marshall and Lexington, Missouri Tornadoes (2)

A supercell produces tornadoes along a warm front in central Missouri.

February 20, 2014 - Concord/Chapin, Illinois Tornadoes (2)

A wintertime severe weather event in the Midwest produces photogenic tornadoes in Illinois.

July 2, 2013 - Geff (Jeffersonville), Illinois Tornado (1)

Tornado in eastern Illinois with second consecutive MCV/upper low setup.

July 1, 2013 - Saint Francisville/Bellmont, Illinois Tornadoes (3)

Tornadoes in eastern Illinois with an MCV/upper low setup.

June 12, 2013 - Paw Paw, Illinois Tornado (1)

Tornado west of the Chicago metro area.

May 31, 2013 - El Reno, Oklahoma Tornadoes (4)

The 2.6-mile-wide EF5 tornado with two satellite tornadoes and one anticyclonic tornado.

May 28, 2013 - Bennington, Kansas Tornadoes (2)

A nearly stationary EF4 tornado in central Kansas.

May 18, 2013 - Rozel, Kansas Tornadoes (2)

The spectacular Rozel EF4 tornado and a second close tornado in central Kansas.

September 25, 2012 - Okawville, Illinois Tornado (1)

An amazing fall season tornado just east of the St. Louis metro area in Illinois. Read full expedition log >

April 14, 2012 - Northwestern Oklahoma Tornadoes (6)

A spectacular expedition in northwestern Oklahoma during a tornado outbreak. Read full expedition log >

April 13, 2012 - Blair/Cooperton, Oklahoma Tornadoes (4)

Four tornadoes with an HP supercell in southwestern Oklahoma, including getting caught in the outer edge of a large tornado. Read full expedition log >