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2024 Storm Chasing & Photography Accounts, Photos and Videos

By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer
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2024 has been an incredible record-breaking year in my career covering storms and weather that I will unlikely ever match or surpass. January started with rare southern USA winter weather, prompting trips to Dallas and Houston, Texas. Then in February, the first tornado of the year came early with a wintertime severe weather event in Illinois. The spring and summer storm seasons brought a record five Great Plains expeditions, during which a record 27 tornado intercepts produced some career imagery and video. December added yet another rare wintertime tornado. It was also a generational year for celestial activity, with a total solar eclipse, two major aurora borealis-producing geomagnetic storms and a vivid comet.

I have never experienced a year when the sky was so prolifically active with top-tier events. Overall, I have logged more storm chases and sky photography outings in 2024 than in any other prior year - averaging almost one every 3 days!

View logs by year: 

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2024 Notable Storms

October 24, 2024
WORDEN, IL - Sprites from storms in northeastern Missouri.

October 16, 2024
ST. LOUIS - Comet over the Gateway Arch.

July 15, 2024
CHICAGO - EF1 tornado in downtown Chicago.

July 14, 2024
CHICAGO - Upward lightning striking skyscrapers.

July 9, 2024
MOUNT VERNON, IN - Strong tornadoes in southwestern Indiana.

May 25, 2024
WINDTHORST, TX - Strong tornado south of Wichita Falls, Texas.

May 21, 2024
RED OAK, IA - Multiple strong tornadoes in southwestern Iowa.

May 10, 2024
ST. LOUIS - Bright aurora borealis visible over the Gateway Arch.

May 6, 2024
BARNSDALL, OK - Violent tornado after dark in northeastern Oklahoma.

April 27, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY - Prolific upward lightning event to OKC towers.

April 26, 2024
GREAT PLAINS - Numerous significant tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa.

April 18, 2024
ST. LOUIS - High-speed camera shot of a close lightning strike.

April 8, 2024
LEMINGTON, VT - Trip to Vermont and New Hampshire for the eclipse.

April 2, 2024
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN - Tornado in the Louisville metro area.

March 14, 2024
RED BUD, IL - Supercell in southern Illinois.

February 16, 2024
ST. LOUIS - Icy road close call in St. Louis.

February 8, 2024
HENRY, IL - Winter tornado in northern Illinois.

January 15, 2024
HOUSTON - Icy bridges from freezing rain in deep south Texas.

All 2024 Storm Logs (116)

January 2024:
1/5: Snow MO
1/9: Snow MO
1/12: Freezing rain OK/KS/MO
1/14: Freezing rain TX
1/15: Freezing rain TX
1/16: Freezing rain LA/MS/TN/AR
1/18: Freezing rain TN/MO
1/22: Freezing rain MO/IL
1/30: Frost icing IN

February 2024:
2/8: Tornado intercept IL
2/10: Lightning IL
2/15: Lightning IL
2/16: Icy roads MO/IL
2/18: Snowmelt ice MO/IL
2/27: Thunderstorm IL
2/27: Lightning IL
2/28: Snow IL

March 2024:
3/1: Sleet/snow IL
3/5: Lightning IL
3/8: Squall line IL
3/13: Supercells IL
3/14: Supercells IL/MO
3/26: Cold front IL
3/31: Storm bust MO

April 2024:
4/1: Supercell MO/IL
4/2: Tornado intercept IN
4/8: Solar eclipse VT/NH
4/11: Lightning IN/OH
4/15: Supercell KS
4/16: Supercells KS/MO
4/18: Lightning MO/IL
4/23: Lightning MO
4/24: Lightning KS
4/25: Supercells KS
4/26: Tornado intercepts NE/IA
4/27: Tornado intercept OK
4/28: Thunderstorms OK/MO
4/29: Thunderstorms IL

May 2024:
5/1: Shelf cloud MO/IL
5/4: Lightning MO/IL
5/6: Tornado intercept OK
5/7: Tornado intercept IN
5/8: Supercells MO/IL
5/10: Aurora borealis MO/IL
5/11: Aurora borealis MO/IL
5/16: Rotating showers IL
5/19: Tornado intercepts KS
5/20: Supercell CO
5/21: Tornado intercepts IA
5/23: Dryline bust KS
5/24: Supercell MO
5/25: Tornado intercept TX
5/26: Tornado intercept MO/IL
5/27: Supercell MO

June 2024:
6/1: Low-topped storms IL
6/4: Lightning bust IL
6/8: Lightning bust MO
6/8: Lightning IL
6/15: Storm bust MO
6/23: Lightning IL
6/25: Close Lightning IL
6/29: Supercells PA
6/30: Thunderstorms PA

July 2024:
7/4: Thunderstorms PA
7/6: Thunderstorms PA
7/7: Storm bust IL
7/8: Lightning MO/IL
7/9: Tornado intercepts IN
7/11: Thunderstorms IL
7/13: Lightning IL
7/14: Lightning IL
7/15: Tornado intercept IL
7/16: Lightning IL
7/17: Lightning IL
7/23: Close Lightning IL
7/27: Supercell MO/IL
7/29: Close Lightning IL
7/31: Asperatus clouds IL
7/31: Lightning bust MO/IL

August 2024:
8/1: Lightning IL
8/12: Aurora bust IL
8/15: Lightning IL
8/15: Lightning IL
8/15: Lightning IL
8/27: Storm bust IL
8/28: Lightning MO/IL
8/28: Lightning IL
8/30: Lightning IL

September 2024:
9/16: Aurora bust IL
9/20: Lightning IL
9/27 TD Helene IL

October 2024:
10/6: Aurora borealis IL
10/8: Aurora borealis IL
10/10: Aurora borealis MO/IL
10/13-18: Comet MO/IL
10/24: Sprites IL
10/30: Lightning bust MO/IL

November 2024:
11/4: Lightning MO/IL
11/5: Convection IL
11/18: Lightning IL
11/30: Snow MO/IL

December 2024:
12/2: Snow MO/IL
12/12: Snow IL
12/13: Freezing Rain NE/IA
12/14: Tornado intercept MO
12/16: Tornado look-alike IL
12/17: Lightning IL

Catch of the Year:

April 26: Numerous tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa..
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2024 Mileage
32,163
Winter 7,665
Tornado 18,441
Lightning / Other 6,057

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