Time Out, May 16

Time out, coverage of the May 16 severe weather outbreak... thunderstorms east of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 27, 2016--though not technically classified as severe--provided for some fantastic opportunities for photo capture. The above image looks east at 7:28 pm CDT toward a rain core as seen from Whittier Road (X20), about 4 miles north of the junction with County Home Road (E34) at Whittier, Iowa. AccuWeather special weather statements declared numerous small and short-lived funnels were being reported this day in Eastern Iowa.

The image above looking southeast at 7:29 pm, and the image below looking east at 7:36 pm show rainbows in front of the local storm at the Whittier Road location. This photo op was basically a case of being in the right place at the right time! Storms were for the most part static and basically churned about as a line in the same location east of Cedar Rapids. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.