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2008 Storm Chasing & Photography Accounts, Photos and Videos

By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer
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2008 was my first year shooting stills with a DSLR, bringing an end to the film era for me. Despite busting on the biggest Great Plains outbreak days of the season, I managed to bring home a handful of tornado intercepts. The DSLR purchase proved useful for June, which provided the most active and frequent period of lightning photography I'd ever seen, all right at home in West Virginia. 2008 also brought some of the most dramatic icy road footage I'd ever captured, prompting me to begin researching the road icing subject in more detail. This resulted in the launch of the icyroadsafety.com web site.

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2008 Notable Storms

November 24, 2008
Surprise black ice in Kanawha County, WV.

November 14, 2008
Morning valley fog over Charleston, WV.

October 26, 2008
Valley fog at night over Charleston, WV.

September 11, 2008
Lightning show near Leon, WV.

August 12, 2008
Perseid meteor shower over Big Chimney, WV.

July 9, 2008
Shelf cloud and flash flood in Charleston, WV.

June 28, 2008
Shelf cloud over Charleston, WV.

June 26, 2008
Lightning over Pittsburgh, PA.

June 22, 2008
Large hail in Sissonville, WV.

June 13, 2008
Lightning over Charleston, WV.

June 10, 2008
Lightning over Huntington, WV.

June 9, 2008
Lightning over Charleston, WV.

June 3, 2008
Two-day lightning chase in WV.

May 26, 2008
Tornado near Pratt, KS.

May 24, 2008
Tornadoes near Perry, OK.

April 20, 2008
Severe thunderstorms in Sanford, NC.

March 19, 2008
Severe thunderstorm in Charleston, WV.

March 8, 2008
Snowstorm and icy roads in Charleston, WV.

February 22, 2008
Icy streets cause accidents in Washington, PA.

February 17, 2008
Sky-filling double rainbow over Charleston, WV.

February 5, 2008
An chase to Kentucky for a major severe weather outbreak.

February 4, 2008
Wintertime lightning near Belle, WV.

January 1-3, 2008
New Year's 2008 snowstorm in West Virginia.

All 2008 Storm Logs (67)

January 2008:
1/2: Snowstorm WV
1/19: Snowstorm NC
1/22: Freezing rain NC
1/31: Freezing rain WV

February 2008:
2/4: Lightning chase WV
2/5: Lightning chase KY
2/11: Snowstorm WV
2/17: Double rainbow WV
2/22: Freezing rain WV
2/22: Icy roads PA
2/27: Snowstorm WV

March 2008:
3/4: Thunderstorms WV
3/8: Icy roads WV
3/19: Severe storm WV
3/24: Snow WV

April 2008:
4/10: Severe storms IL/IN
4/11: Severe storms WV
4/20: Severe storm NC

May 2008:
5/8: Lightning WV
5/11: Thunderstorms WV
5/17: Thunderstorms WV
5/21: Lightning TX
5/22: Plains trip KS
5/23: Plains trip KS
5/24: Tornado intercepts OK
5/25: Plains trip OK,KS,TX
5/26: Tornado intercept KS
5/31: Thunderstorms WV

June 2008:
6/1: Lightning chase WV
6/3: Lightning chase WV
6/9: Lightning chase WV
6/10: Lightning chase WV
6/10: Thunderstorms WV
6/11: Lightning WV
6/13: Thunderstorms WV
6/14: Plant convection WV
6/16: Severe storms WV
6/18: Thunderstorms WV
6/20: Lightning NC
6/22: Large hail WV
6/23: Lightning WV
6/23: Lightning WV
6/23: Lightning WV
6/26: Lightning PA
6/28: Shelf cloud WV
6/28: Lightning WV
6/29: Rainbow WV

July 2008:
7/6: Flood chase WV
7/8: Lightning WV
7/8: Lightning WV
7/9: Shelf/flooding WV
7/17: Thunderstorms WV
7/20: Lightning WV
7/23: Thunderstorms WV

August 2008:
8/12: Perseid meteors WV

September 2008:
9/8: Lightning chase WV
9/11: Lightning chase WV

October 2008:
10/26: Valley fog WV
10/28: Snow WV

November 2008:
11/14: Valley fog WV
11/17: Snow WV
11/20: Snow WV
11/24: Icy roads WV

December 2008:
12/6: Icy roads WV
12/9: Horseshoe funnel WV
12/22: Snow WV
12/23: Freezing rain WV

Catch of the Year:

June 13: A huge "anvil crawler" lightning discharge explodes over the downtown Charleston, WV skyline. [ Read more about this event ]

2008 Mileage
11,001
Winter 3,433
Tornado 4,962
General Weather 2,606

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