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2019 Storm Chasing & Photography Logs, Photos & 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.

My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of 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.

2019 started with a very active period of winter weather around the country, with 3,800 miles logged for icy road coverage chases just through January and the first half of February. The severe weather season was busy but mostly unproductive, with personal-record-high mileage and costs and little in the way of dramatic captures. Some unique events and trips have nonetheless made the year interesting, with a West Virginia tornadic supercell and a trip to California for earthquakes.

View 1,585 storm chases:
by year: 
by type: 
Tornado ChasesLightning ChasesTropical Cyclone ChasesSt. Louis StormsHail ChasesChicago Lightning ChasesAstrophotography ChasesSupercell Chases
Winter Weather ChasesCloud FormationsIce StormsFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWest Virginia Storms and LightningRainbow EventsWind Events

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2019 Notable Storms

Lightning chase August 17, 2019
NEW BADEN, IL - Lightning "bolts from the blue" in southern Illinois.

Earthquake observation July 16, 2019
RIDGECREST, CA - Earthquake chase for M7.1 surface rupture & aftershocks.

Supercell chase June 24, 2019
CHARLESTON, WV - Tornado producing storm in Charleston, WV.

Flood event observation June 5, 2019
ALTON, IL - Near-record Mississippi River flooding.

Tornado intercept May 17, 2019
FARNHAM, NE - Tornadoes in southwest Nebraska.

Lightning chase April 13, 2019
VICKSBURG, MS - High-speed video of lightning stepped leaders.

Lightning chase March 22, 2019
AMARILLO, TX - Supercells, hail and lightning in the Texas Panhandle.

Ice storm chase February 10, 2019
ST. LOUIS - Icy roads from freezing rain cause chaos.

Winter weather chase January 30, 2019
SCOTT AFB, IL - Light pillars during a winter storm in the St. Louis area.

Winter weather chase January 11, 2019
ST. LOUIS - 8 to 12 inches of snow lead to gridlock on the roads.

All 2019 Chases (107)

January 2019:
Winter weather chase 1/11 Snowstorm MO
Ice storm chase 1/16 Winter weather MO
Winter weather chase 1/20 Icy roads MO
Winter weather chase 1/25 Snow MO
Winter weather chase 1/26 Snow MO
Winter weather chase 1/27 Icy roads MO
Winter weather chase 1/28 Icy roads MS
Winter weather chase 1/29 Snow IL
Winter weather chase 1/30 Light pillars IL
Winter weather chase 1/31 Snow MO

February 2019:
Thunderstorm observation 2/5 Thunderstorms IL
Ice storm chase 2/6 Ice storm MO
Ice storm chase 2/10 Icy roads MO
Winter weather chase 2/16 Icy roads MO/IL
Winter weather chase 2/19 Icy roads MO/IL
Winter weather chase 2/28 Icy roads MO/IL

March 2019:
Winter weather chase 3/3 Icy roads MO
Thunderstorm observation 3/9 Thunderstorms IL
Thunderstorm observation 3/14 Thunderstorms IL
Lightning chase 3/22 Lightning TX
Supercell chase 3/23 Supercell OK
Supercell chase 3/24 Supercell IL
Thunderstorm observation 3/28 Thunderstorms MO

April 2019:
Lightning chase 4/7 Lightning MO/IL
Lightning chase 4/11 Lightning MO/IL
Lightning chase 4/13 Lightning LA/MS
Lightning chase 4/18 Lightning MO
Thunderstorm observation 4/24 Thunderstorms IL/IN
Cloud type observation 4/27 Convection IL
Tornado intercept 4/30 Tornado intercept IL

May 2019:
Lightning chase 5/2 Lightning MO/IL
Supercell chase 5/6 Supercells KS
Supercell chase 5/7 Supercells TX
Lightning chase 5/8 Lightning OK
Tornado intercept 5/17 Tornado intercepts NE
Severe thunderstorm chase 5/18 Severe storms OK
Tornado intercept 5/20 Tornado intercepts TX
Severe thunderstorm chase 5/21 Severe storms KS
Lightning chase 5/22 Lightning OK
Lightning chase 5/23 Lightning TX
Lightning chase 5/24 Lightning TX
Supercell chase 5/25 Supercell KS
Supercell chase 5/26 Funnels KS
Supercell chase 5/27 Supercell IL
Thunderstorm observation 5/28 Thunderstorms MO/IL
Lightning chase 5/29 Lightning MO

June 2019:
Lightning chase 6/1 Lightning MO/IL
Lightning chase 6/4 Lightning MO/IL
Flood event observation 6/5 Flood MO/IL
Flood event observation 6/7 Flood MO/IL
Thunderstorm observation 6/12 Thunderstorms MO
Lightning chase 6/14 Lightning IL
Tornado intercept 6/15 Tornado intercept IL
Lightning chase 6/16 Lightning MO/IL
Thunderstorm observation 6/17 Thunderstorms MO/IL
Thunderstorm observation 6/19 Thunderstorms IL
Thunderstorm observation 6/21 Thunderstorms MO/IL
Thunderstorm observation 6/22 Thunderstorms MO/IL
Bust chase 6/23 Lightning bust IL
Supercell chase 6/24 Supercell WV
Bust chase 6/27 Lightning bust IL
Bust chase 6/28 Lightning bust IL
Chicago Lightning chase 6/30 Lightning IL

July 2019:
Lightning chase 7/1 Lightning IL
Lightning chase 7/2 Lightning IL
Lightning chase 7/5 Lightning PA
Bust chase 7/10 Lightning bust MO/IL
Lightning chase 7/15 Lightning NM
Earthquake observation 7/16 Earthquakes CA
Severe thunderstorm chase 7/21 Severe storms MO
Lightning chase 7/29 Lightning MO/IL
Bust chase 7/30 Lightning bust MO

August 2019:
Bust chase 8/6 Lightning bust IL
Lightning chase 8/12 Lightning MO
Lightning chase 8/13 Lightning IL/MO
Lightning chase 8/14 Lightning MO
Bust chase 8/16 Lightning bust MO
Lightning chase 8/17 Bolts from the Blue IL
Chicago Lightning chase 8/18 Lightning IL
Lightning chase 8/19 Lightning IL
Bust chase 8/20 Lightning bust IL
Bust chase 8/21 Lightning bust MO
Lightning chase 8/25 Lightning KS
Bust chase 8/26 Lightning bust MO
Lightning chase 8/29 Lightning MO
Bust chase 8/30 Lightning bust IL
Bust chase 8/31 Lightning bust MO

September 2019:
Lightning chase 9/8 Lightning MO
Bust chase 9/12 Lightning bust IL
Chicago Lightning chase 9/14 Lightning bust IL
Thunderstorm observation 9/22 Thunderstorm IL

October 2019:
Thunderstorm observation 10/10 Thunderstorms IL
Lightning chase 10/21 Lightning MO
Ice storm chase 10/30 Icy Roads TX
Winter weather chase 10/31 Snow IL

November 2019:
Winter weather chase 11/11 Icy Roads MO
Astrophotography event 11/11 Meteor Fireball MO
Winter weather chase 11/12 Icy Roads MO/IL
Ice storm chase 11/23 Icy Roads IL
Supercell chase 11/26 Supercell IL
High wind event 11/27 High Winds IL
Lightning chase 11/29 Lightning MO

December 2019:
Winter weather chase 12/2 Icy Roads IL
Winter weather chase 12/10 Icy Roads IL
Ice storm chase 12/14 Icy Roads IL
Winter weather chase 12/15 Icy Roads MO
Winter weather chase 12/16 Icy Roads MO/IL

Catch of the Year:


March 22: Upward lightning in Amarillo.
[ Read more about this event ]

2019 Mileage
35,516
Winter 8,414
Tornado 13,674
Lightning / Other 13,428

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View 1,585 storm chases:
by year: 
by type: 
Tornado ChasesLightning ChasesTropical Cyclone ChasesSt. Louis StormsHail ChasesChicago Lightning ChasesAstrophotography ChasesSupercell Chases
Winter Weather ChasesCloud FormationsIce StormsFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWest Virginia Storms and LightningRainbow EventsWind Events

From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of 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.

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