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2018 Storm Chasing & Photography Accounts, Photos and Videos

By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer
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2018 was a challenging year, with some surprises and a few firsts. The year brought my first landspouts, my first December tornadoes and my first Category 5 hurricane. I went on my latest-in-the-year Great Plains trip on June 23, and captured my latest-in-season icy road video on April 1. The final tornado tally came in at 11, with 7 in the Great Plains and 4 in the Midwest region. I covered at total of 13 states for winter storms and severe weather. In 2018, Illinois became tied with Oklahoma for the #2 spot on my state-by-state tornado rankings at 25 each.

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2018 Notable Storms

January 11, 2018
O'FALLON, IL - Light pillars during a winter storm in the St. Louis area.

May 26, 2018
MONROE CITY, MO - Sunset mammatus spectacular in northeastern Missouri.

May 28, 2018
SEIBERT, CO - Landspout tornado outbreak in eastern Colorado.

May 30, 2018
ARNETT, OK - Close lightning in Oklahoma.

June 2, 2018
EAGLE, NE - Upward lightning east of Lincoln, Nebraska.

June 14, 2018
ST. LOUIS - Rainbow at the Gateway Arch.

June 28, 2018
ST. LOUIS - Sunset lightning at the Gateway Arch.

August 6, 2018
ALTON, IL - Lightning barrage at Alton, IL with close strikes.

October 10, 2018
PANAMA CITY, FL - Category 5 Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida.

December 1, 2018
BEARDSTOWN, IL - December tornado outbreak in central Illinois.

All 2018 Storm Logs (64)

January 2018:
1/7 Freezing rain MO
1/11 Light pillars IL
1/12 Winter storm IL/MO
1/16 Icy roads MS

February 2018:
2/4 Snow MO
2/5 Snow MO
2/9 Freezing rain MO
2/10 Freezing rain MO/IL
2/18 Thunderstorms MO/IL
2/20 Thunderstorms MO/IL
2/21 Winter storm MO/IL

March 2018:
3/4 Thunderstorms MO
3/6 Snow MO
3/7 Snow MO
3/24 Snowstorm IL

April 2018:
4/1 Icy roads MO
4/2 Hail/lightning IL
4/3 Supercells IL
4/13 Lightning MO

May 2018:
5/2 Supercells OK
5/6 Lightning IL
5/9 Horseshoe funnel IL
5/10 Thunderstorms MO/IL
5/14 Thunderstorms IL
5/18 Supercell IL/MO
5/19 Severe storm KS/MO
5/21 Lightning MO
5/26 Sunset mammatus MO
5/28 Tornado intercepts CO
5/29 Tornado intercept OK
5/30 Close lightning TX/OK
5/31 Close lightning MO

June 2018:
6/1 Tornado intercept NE
6/2 Lightning NE
6/8 Blue sky bust IL
6/10 Lightning IL
6/11 Lightning IL
6/14 Arch rainbow MO
6/23 Supercells OK
6/25 Supercells IL/MO
6/26 Lightning MO
6/28 Lightning MO

July 2018:
7/1 Thunderstorms MO
7/3 Lightning MO
7/14 Lightning IL
7/19 Supercells IA/MO
7/20 Supercells KY/TN
7/31 Thunderstorms IL

August 2018:
8/6 Close lightning IL
8/10 Lightning MO/IL
8/16 Thunderstorms MO
8/17 Thunderstorms MO
8/20 Thunderstorms MO/IL
8/29 Thunderstorms MO

October 2018:
10/7 Thunderstorms MO/IL
10/10 Hurricane Michael FL

November 2018:
11/9 Icy Roads MO/IL
11/12 Snow MO
11/14 Snow MO/IL
11/15 Snow MO/IL
11/25 Snow MO

December 2018:
12/1 Tornado intercepts IL
12/4 Icy roads MO
12/7 Winter storm OK

Catch of the Year:

December 1: Tornado at Beardstown, Illinois.
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2018 Mileage
21,327
Winter 5,602
Tornado 10,654
Lightning / Other 5,071

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