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Hurricane Season is Here!

Chase team is on stand-by for hurricane deployment. See Warren's blog for updates.


Warren Faidley is the original, full-time, storm chasing photographer / cinematographer.

In stark contrast to the often reckless amateurs and thrill-seekers popularized on television, Warren is an accredited professional. His award winning images, footage, literature and 20 years experience of tracking the planet's most violent weather are unparalleled. And unlike the majority of chasers who only chase a few tornadoes in the spring, Warren chases full-time, covering all forms of natural hazards including hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning storms. He is the only known extreme weather adventurer who has experienced both an F5 tornado and a category 5 hurricane.

Warren's amazing stories of surviving some of the planet's most violent weather are perfect for speaking engagements, lectures, advertising, safety seminars, interviews, product endorsements and trade shows.

International lecturer with an amazing Powerpoint presentation
Over 15 million webpage views since 1999
Over 1.8 million YouTube video views
Over 200,000 unique Internet name search references
One of the nation's foremost severe weather survival experts.
Award winning photojournalist and cinematographer


Contact Warren's office here.

Join past clients including DuPont, Johnson & Johnson, Uniden, MTV, The American Red Cross, Miller Brewing Company, Canada Goose, SureFire and many more.


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The stormchaser.com website is the world's top-ranked, storm chase-related website with over 14.5 million visitors since 1995. In addition, there are over 200,000 references to Warren on combined Yahoo and Google search engines!



Breaking News...................


July 12, 2010

Warren's 2011 lecture schedule is now open for reservations. Contact us now to learn more.



Why stay at home and watch us have all the fun storm chasing?

"Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all"    Helen Keller

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Spring is just around the corner and before you know it, Tornado Alley will be going nuts.

Join Warren on rare, one-on-one volunteer chases. Unlike "chase tours" you are part of the team, a working volunteer. You ride shotgun with Warren as his chase team safely intercepts the planet's most violent weather. Your once in a lifetime adventure should be special, so don't waste your money sitting in a van full of strangers, fighting for the best view and driving you nuts! In additon, Warren offers a "change of date" option so you can re-schedule your chase if the "Alley" is quiet.

Volunteer positions fill up quickly right before the holidays and after the first of the year. The spring of 2010 could be exceptionally busy as post-El Niño years can spawn violent storms. Reserve your chase now! A portion of all volunteer chase fees are donated to Warren's Storm Angel Foundation.

Start your adventure HERE! Makes a wonderful gift.





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May 5, 2009.

New Book releases

Amazon has just announced the e-media release of Warren's original, best selling Storm Chaser.

storm chaser book Warren currently has two recent book releases. Storm Chaser, an ebook edition of the original book published by The Weather Channel in 1996, and The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook.

Storm Chaser became an overnight hit, selling out multiple printings and making the best selling list on Amazon and others, including Nature and Science selections. Storm Chaser received excellent reviews, including: "A Quick, but lingering read," The New York Times. Storm Chaser is an autobiographical picture book, accounting the early adventures of Warren, as he pioneered his career as the world's first, full-time, professional storm chasing journalist, cinematographer and photographer. The new e-Book edition is affordable, and allows reading on several electronic devices including iPhones and Kindle readers. Click on the book icon above to order now.

The first of its kind, the Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook covers all forms of severe weather, including snowstorms, tornados, ice storms, hurricanes, and more. In addition to practical advice on preparing your home, avoiding dangers, and creating action plans, it also features special chapters on pet care, post-storm dangers, children, and phobias. A must have for every home, office, vehicle and boat."

Published by Rutledge Hill Press. 288 pages. Includes extensive storm chase and severe weather glossary. Illustrations and pictures. ISBN: 1401602851. Retails for $12.99.

Click here to order Storm Chaser - A quest to Find the Perfect Storm

Beware of similar copycat books using the same title.

Click here to order The Ultimate Storm Survival Guide

Attention!!!! Bulk printings of this life-saving book are now available. An excellent idea for commercial, government or business interests.




Adventures of a real life Storm Chaser

As interviewed with Laura White.


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The sky between Johnson and Richfield turned a frightening green, and I accepted that there would be no swift escape. The fun of chasing, the jokes and the conversation vanished. We were facing the stark reality of our pursuits. Survival was now the issue. To the east lay a landscape of wheat fields flowing like a white-capped ocean. But this route offered no escape, for the fields were lined with only a handful of tractor access roads that would soon turn to thick mud. Behind us, and to the west, was the vivid bolts of lightning, giant hail stones and the oncoming tornado. No shelter anywhere. Our only escape was due south, where the sun smiled pleasantly in the distance." From Warren Faidley's best-selling Storm Chaser.


Warren FaidleyIt is an unfortunate reality: The world of storm chasing is plagued by hoaxers, reckless individuals and over-sensationalized television shows. This has been recently witnessed in the news and on television -- as individuals compete to produce the most hazardous chasing behavior. Such antics have become a major source of embarrassment for responsible storm chasers and spotters.

In fact, most chasers are in reality, part-timers. They chase a handful of storms each year and afterwards, they go back to regular 9-5 jobs, like delivering pizzas or attending school. In other words, they do not actually chase as a profession. The media's irresponsible reporting and glorification of reckless chase behavior often distorts reality. Truly professional chasers do not purposely place themselves or others (who might need to rescue them) in jeopardy.

Despite such misrepresentations, there are numerous individuals who pursue severe weather in a legitimate and true-to-life manner -- including research scientists, storm spotters, and other professional disciplines. Warren was the first person to pursue severe weather and natural disasters in full-time capacity, as a journalist, consultant, cinematographer and photographer. And unlike the amateurs, Warren chases all forms of severe weather and natural disasters, not just tornadoes. He stresses that his adventures and close calls are "unplanned, natural elements of his work," and not "rehearsed and sensationalized media stunts" as often seen on television.

Over the past 20 years, Warren has experienced and survived some of planet's most palm sweating, breathtaking and sometimes violent weather. He is a highly sought-after lecturer and "hands-on" hazardous weather and disaster experts. You have likely seen Warren on news programs like CBS's Early Show, The BBC, The O'Reilly Factor, CNN and Fox "Breaking" News reporting on severe weather and discussing his exploits. Warren is one of the few individuals on earth who has experienced firsthand both an F-5 tornado and a category 5 hurricane's 155 mph winds (Andrew 1992).

His adventurous anecdotes are filled with peril and sometimes -- a dry sense of humor. "After 20 years of this," sh-- happens," Faidley quips. Stories written about him, lectures, TV shows and his diaries unleash a array of work place hazards, including: flash floods, firestorms, incapacitating cold, baseball-sized hailstones, food poisoning, rogue waves, lightning jolts, bullets, rock-slides, enraged farmers with rusty pitchforks, reptiles, sinkholes and Mad-Max-like road rage.

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His amazing career began as a toddler when he developed a "strong fascination with scary weather." At age 12 his curiosities nearly killed him was swept away by a flash flood. After recovering from the near drowning -- he moved on to riding his bicycle into the heart of dust devils. (Small, tornado-like desert whirlwinds). His very first tornado chase in 1987 landed him in a small west Texas town that had been swept away by a violent tornado. His professional storm chasing career was launched after he took an amazing photograph of lightning hitting a light pole in an oil and gasoline tank farm. The shot nearly cost him his life. The image was published in Life Magazine who billed him as a "Storm Chaser." Warren's "dust to gold" success story is filled with countless anecdotes of danger, adventure, romance and drama -- and along the way, his journeys have produced some of the most breathtaking images ever captured on film and video.

Foraging through storm surges and flying debris, his stunning images of Hurricane Andrew are some of the only known still pictures of the Category 5 hurricane (in progress) as it slammed into south Florida in 1992. He was the first cinematographer ever to capture a tornado on 35mm motion picture film. (McLean, Texas, June 1997). Warren was an initial motion picture consultant for Twister. In 2005 Warren rode out hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast and intercepted hurricanes Ike and Gustav in 2008.

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In the late 1990's Warren designed and built the world's first "Fortified Storm Intercept Vehicle." The "Archangel" was a SUV designed to intercept and film severe weather and tornadoes. In late May of 2004 Warren Faidley and a team member penetrated a weak F-O tornado near Vega, Texas, becoming the first chasers to purposely maneuver a tornado-resistant vehicle into a tornado. (No vehicle can actually survive a violent tornado).

Warren has been featured in countless television specials including National Geographic Explorer, The BBC, The O'Reilly Factor and The Weather Channel. He was recently featured on Discovery Channel 's HD Theater "Risk Takers" special. His images and footage have been used by diversified clientele including Paul McCartney, NASA, MTV, The New York Times, MTV, The NFL, Sheryl Crow, Life and Time Magazines, NASCAR and USA Today. He is an international lecturer on severe weather, his adventures and extreme weather/disaster survival.

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Warren is the founder and Chairman of the Storm AngelTM Foundation, an organization devoted to educating and assisting children who are victims of severe weather. He has received numerous awards for his photography, journalism, educational and public service contributions, including certificates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Award. He has written two books and collaborated on over 50 literary projects, including many magazine articles and children's books. Warren is an EMT-B and a pilot.

See Warren's detailed biography here.
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Storm Chasing and tornado chasing is very dangerous and should only be conducted by experienced persons, chasing for legitimate purposes. Chasing any weather condition involves many hazards. Risks include death, injury and loss of property. We do not provide storm chasing instruction or data. There are many websites currently providing chase information. See our complete disclaimer here.

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