October-December 2018 storm chasing roundup

An outing keeping up with storms from St. Peters, MO to Alahmbra, IL. No photos or videos captured.

Covering the landfall of Category 5 Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida. This log has its own page where photos, videos and more details are posted.

GPS LOG: Expedition path for November 9 storm

A short burst of snow in above-freezing air is normally a non-event. But in this case, a strong arctic cold front dropped temperatures rapidly in the minutes following, leading to widespread bridge icing and accidents. I did not capture any footage during this event despite covering the storm from South County STL to Normandy.

The typical circuit around the metro area looking for road impacts from snow. No videos captured.

GPS LOG: Expedition path for November 14-15 storm

Not much to report from this storm, even though the majority of the metro area received at least 6 inches. I covered the storm for 14 hours over 2 days, but did not capture any notable video.

GPS LOG: Expedition path for November 25 storm

Another long day shooting video during a winter storm, with nothing of note seen or captured.

Capturing winter tornadoes up close in central Illinois! This log has its own page where photos, videos and more details are posted.

VIDEO: Icy multi-vehicle accident in St. Louis, December 4

Snow squalls began moving through the metro area just after midnight, and immediately began causing problems. I witnessed (but did not capture) an accident at I-64 and I-255 in Caseyville, Illinois, calling 911 to report. Later, I captured 14 loss of control incidents, 6 of which resulted in vehicles colliding with each other and/or the barrier on I-55 at Carondelet. I called 911 for the second time that morning for that incident. This video is linked above and below.

I took 3 days off of work for this storm, which most models indicated would be a high-impact event for western Oklahoma. But during my drive south on I-44, the models near-completely evaporated the storm. I considered turning around, but I continued on. I figured another model flip-flop was possible, or at the least a minor storm. This didn't happen, and I came home on Saturday with nothing captured despite a brief period of icing that morning.