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Live Storm Chasers’s team works together to maintain a quality appearance, both in the field and through social media, with the simple goal of sharing all things weather with live storm tracking and more. Through weather blogs, breaking weather news, forecasts, and weather media, LiveStormChasers is able to provide both informative information and quality content.
The Live Storm Chasers’s team helps, serves & volunteers with at times vital information from the field & online to aid in the warning process by the NWS (National Weather Services) as a NOAA Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador.
Through the live streams, reports, photos & videos, we are able to help visualize what the storm is doing.
This in return helps both NWS Offices and those in the storm paths to be better aware of exactly what Mother Nature is doing.
Live Storm Chasers.com is an online all weather news platform that aims to promote and share reliable, accurate, and informative weather content!
Our team continuously works together to film & discover mother nature’s most extreme weather to promote & share it worldwide across our platform.
Joshua Napper
Owner & President | Reporter & Field Correspondent
Tyler Schlitt
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Lanny Dean
Meteorologist & Field Correspondent
Randy Hicks
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Adam Welsh
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Travis Cruz
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Kristin Ryan
Reporter & Field Correspondent
David Patterson
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Zach Battin
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Kayla Fuller
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Aaron Brogan
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Chris Heater
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Trevor Leeper
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Noah Junot
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Jacob Berg
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Chris Rice
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Matthew Smith
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Billy Bowling
Reporter & Field Correspondent
- josh.napper@livestormchasers.com
- Springfield, Missouri
Joshua Napper
Owner & President | Reporter & Field Correspondent
Joshua Napper, Entrepreneur and Business Owner since 2012 Storm chasing 11+ years. National & World News Multimedia Journalist! Commercial sUAS (Drone) Operator & FAA Private Licensed Pilot! Other Specialties Include Photography & Videography, Social Media Specialist/Content Creator, Short Filmmaker, Web Designer, iOS & Android App Developer, & Graphics Designer!
- Washington, Missouri
Tyler Schlitt
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Tyler Schlitt, Entrepreneur and Photographer from Washington, Missouri. Veteran Storm Chaser of 11+ years traveling across the USA capturing mother nature's both violent and beautiful side! Tyler's Photography has been featured & displayed in several art galleries! His work is currently featured in several businesses that feature Mother Nature's Beauty! When he is not capturing mother nature you will likely find him editing or scoping out the next adventure! He uses several Canon Cameras along with a wide range of lenses!
- Rogersville, Missouri
Lanny Dean
Meteorologist & Field Correspondent
Lanny Dean is a native Okie but currently lives in Missouri. Lanny is also the owner of our affiliated partner- ExtremeChaseTours.com. He is the owner and lead forecasting tour guide of Extreme Chase Tours. Lanny is a 28-year storm chasing tours veteran and one of the best storm chasers and tornado chasing tour guides in the business. He and his tornado and weather videos have appeared on many various local and national networks. Lanny is also a member of The Outlaw Chasers and he has witnessed and filmed 530 tornadoes & 13 major hurricanes to date. Lanny was awarded "Storm Chaser Of The Year" in 2005 and 2007 for his coverage of the Greensburg, KS EF-5 tornado.
- Willard, Missouri
Randy Hicks
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Randy Hicks is the original Outlaw Chasers!
- Moore, Oklahoma
Adam Welsh
Reporter & Field Correspondent
I was born and raised in Northern Illinois and joined the Navy when I was 18. I am currently a flight engineer for the Navy and will be retiring in about 1 1/2 years. I started storm chasing 20 years ago and have been a weather fanatic since I was a child. I have a son and daughter who are slowly but surely joining in my love for weather. I am advanced first aid and CPR certified, as well as a FAA certified Private Pilot and Remote Pilot.
- Boones Mill, Virginia
Travis Cruz
Reporter & Field Correspondent
- St. Louis, Missouri
Kristin Ryan
Reporter & Field Correspondent
I am a Texas girl, trying to find my way back home. Currently living in Saint Louis with my Fiancé. I grew up terrified of storms, I watched all the weather movies, and shows kept getting in trouble because I would freak myself out. Eventually in college, once I was able to drive and understand the weather fully, it turned into a big passion. I also do freelancing photography on the side, because I realized, if I can shoot tornadoes, everything should come pretty easy.
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri
David Patterson
Reporter & Field Correspondent
I chase and photograph storms any chance so get! I live in Southeast Missouri and chase both locally and in tornado alley. My favorite shots are lightning and structure!
- Perrysburg, Ohio
Zach Battin
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Just a guy with a strong passion for technology and the weather!
- Muncie, Indina
Kayla Fuller
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Currently living in Indiana with my Boyfriend Aaron & my beautiful fur babies Nader, Roscoe & Urbana. Since I was 3 years old I have been intrigued by anything and everything weather-related. A lightning bolt stuck my backyard throwing my grandma, mom and I back into our door. Where other children would be terrified, I was fascinated. By the time I was 6 years old, I got the opportunity to see my first funnel cloud over my childhood home in Yorktown, IN on July 4th, 2002. I'll never forget that green hue in the sky. From then on I knew I had to learn more about storms and especially tornadoes & lightning. Since that day I've got the opportunity to hunt down 9 tornadoes, strongest being a high end EF-2 near Le Roy, IL on December 1st, 2018. I have a deep passion for weather, with the goal of everything I do to help people better understand the power of beautiful mother nature
- Muncie, Indina
Aaron Brogan
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Indiana Storm Chaser, Mother Nature enthusiast, and a beautiful girlfriend! 17 Naders!
- Champaign, Illinois
Chris Heater
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Storm Chaser & Truck Drive! Husband to a beautiful wife!
- Clarendon, Texas
Trevor Leeper
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Storm Chaser! Husband to a beautiful wife!
Noah Junot
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Jacob Berg
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Chris Rice
Reporter & Field Correspondent
Matthew Smith
Reporter & Field Correspondent