Stoppage Of Play Coming

It became increasingly evident that the 7:00 PM softball game between St. Mark's Lutheran Church and Basic/Faith would not go the full hour it would usually take as a shelf cloud approached Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday evening, July 22, 2013. The top and middle images were taken at 7:11 and 7:19 PM. At 7:30 PM the game was called because of lightning and high wind. Very shortly after the gust front arrived in force, kicking up huge clouds of dirt and sending players and spectators alike scurrying for their cars. The white dot on the bottom radar image shows the location of the game at that moment.