Impressive Even At That Distance

Even though it was located some 60 miles away, this storm cell looked very impressive as seen here in the northern sky from the grounds of Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At 6:00 PM on April 6, 2010--when this photo was taken--the cell was located in Fayette and Clayton counties in northeast Iowa and was producing severe weather there. Back in the Cedar Rapids metro area over an hour later, worsening weather produced funnel-like scud lowerings with warning sirens being set off in neighboring Marion.