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2024 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.

2024 was 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 1,462 storm chases:
by year: 
by type: 
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Winter Weather ChasesFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWildfire EventsRainbow EventsWind Events

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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 Chases (117)

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

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

March 2024:
Winter weather chase 3/1: Sleet/snow IL
Lightning chase 3/5: Lightning IL
Cloud type observation 3/8: Squall line IL
Supercell chase 3/13: Supercells IL
Supercell chase 3/14: Supercells IL/MO
Cold front observation 3/26: Cold front IL
Bust chase 3/31: Storm bust MO

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

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

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

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

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

September 2024:
Bust chase 9/16: Aurora bust IL
Lightning chase 9/20: Lightning IL
Tropical cyclone chase 9/27 TD Helene IL

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

November 2024:
Lightning chase 11/4: Lightning MO/IL
Cloud type observation 11/5: Convection IL
Lightning chase 11/18: Lightning IL
Winter weather chase 11/30: Snow MO/IL

December 2024:
Winter weather chase 12/2: Snow MO/IL
Winter weather chase 12/12: Snow IL
Winter weather chase 12/13: Freezing Rain NE/IA
Tornado intercept 12/14: Tornado intercept MO
Cloud type observation 12/16: Tornado look-alike IL
Lightning chase 12/17: Lightning IL
Astrophotography event 12/19: Lunar halo 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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Winter Weather ChasesFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWildfire EventsRainbow 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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