Hot July Day Storm Cell

On a day in which the NWS in the Quad Cities issued a heat index advisory, the sandpit volleyball tournament at the Oakland Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Rapids went on as scheduled Saturday afternoon, July 25, 2015. With temperatures at 87 degrees, dew point at 74 degrees and 65% humidity, isolated storm cells began popping up in Eastern Iowa. The storm cell seen above in the southeast sky during a timeout in volleyball play was located some 47 miles distant in Muscatine County, about ten miles west of Muscatine, Iowa.