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2018 Storm Chasing & Photography Accounts, Photos and Videos

By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer
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From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

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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