Prairiestorm Media is the storm chasing and media home of Andrew Pritchard of Urbana, Illinois. Your home for stock video, photography print sales and event videography. In the spring months, track Andrew as he travels the country in search of  "the one".

Prairiestorm Media offers stock video clips of all things severe weather. You can also find photography prints ranging from severe weather, landscape to local interest around Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas of central Illinois. Event videography and production  is also available by request. Prices and details can be found in the Purchase Information section, or by contacting me personally by email.

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February 2 2010
8:42 PM CST- I know I do this once a year it seems, but I'm in the process of overhauling my photo galleries and creating a couple new galleries in the process. The links are still available to the left. 

January 18 2010
8:13 PM CST - Freezing fog accumulations are really stacking up across northern Illinois. I spent the afternoon driving around rural areas and caught some impressive images. A log can be found here:

Freezing fog accumulations!

December 17 2009
10:40 PM CST - Parts of the central plains and great lakes weathered their first  storm of the winter season. Northern Illinois saw anywhere from no snow to upwards of a foot, accompanied by 40-50 mph wind gusts as the main surface low tracked across the region. I ventured out a little on Wednesday evening on the NIU campus to film and photograph a bit of the students walking to their exams in the stiff winds with temperatures clinging to 0F. 

Video of the snow and high winds on the NIU Campus in De Kalb, Illinois. 

Photos from the NIU Campus 

November 3 2009
12:05 AM CDT - The DVD is here! Follow this link for order information.

October 29 2009
11:44 PM CDT - I'm still around, I promise. Look for the DVD this weekend.

September 15 2009
9:38 PM CDT - Not a lot to update. I've been doing a little updating here and there on the site. The models don't really show anything coming up weather wise, so I'm not overly hopeful right now for an active fall season. I've began thinking about the DVD for this fall. At first I thought about just not doing one this year. But, I 'd probably give in and make one anyway because I love putting them together too much. I should have enough from this year to make it interesting, and the excellent year that I had in 2008 will make up for the lack of visible tornadoes from 09. Who knows, perhaps I will still get a few more shots this fall. Either way you can still look forward for another DVD from the PWX 20XX series this fall. 

September 3 2009
8:53 PM CDT - I apparently intercepted a rain wrapped tornado near Rochester, Illinois on August 19 2009. The account and a video can be found on the blog at the above link. I'll eventually get around to adding an account to the account section. It's been such a slow year, and I'm really getting antsy to edit some video, so I went back and played with some old stuff. Below you can find a link to a time lapse of the Glen Ullin, North Dakota tornado from May 21 2007.

Click here for time lapse of the North Dakota tornado! 

August 13 2009
11:48 AM CDT - I didn't disappear or give up on this thing. However, after a terribly frustrating year with lack of tornadoes, car accidents, and more I've been pretty distant from the website. Nothing to update! That said, I'm working now at getting all chase logs uploaded by the end of the week. I've been posting on the blog regularly, so if you're hungry for more 2009 failure, just check there.

May 15 2009
11:35 AM CDT - Will be playing the warm front today in central Illinois. Should a storm root itself to the boundary, tornado potential is certainly there! Be sure to check out the live streaming page by clicking the image to the right!

April 25 2009
10:00 AM CDT - Will  be chasing this evening, but not the main event in the southern plains. Likely in western Illinois today, and Iowa on Sunday. Will be continuing the live streaming as CNN will be demo'ing the streams during their severe weather coverage this evening. Check the Live Streaming page for my current GPS location and live streaming video.