Pop-Up Storm Cells In Southeast Iowa

Isolated storm cells began popping up along a cold front in southeast Iowa around 6:30 PM, Friday, July 19, 2013. The top two images view two of the cells from Archer Drive in the Bowman Meadows housing development just south of Boyson Road in Marion, Iowa. The top image looks southeast at a severe-warned cell located about 70 miles away in SE Cedar County and SW Scott County around 7:14 PM. The middle image looks south at another cell located about 50 miles away in central Washington County around 7:19 PM. The bottom image is a comparable radar screen capture of the moment, with the camera's position shown in yellow. Temperatures had topped out in the mid-90s earlier in the day for the area.