Storm? What Storm?

Tuesday, August 13, 2019


To many in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area around 7:25 pm, Sunday, August 11, 2019 when sirens blared a warning, the thought was "Storm, what storm?" as conditions outdoors appeared sunny from the perspective of the indoors--especially toward the north. A small cell had formed nearby to the west around 7:00 pm and had approached almost undetected. Because of the surprise I didn't have much time to do much mobile-wise, so I chose to stay on my back deck to spot there. The above image looks southeast at 7:37 pm CDT at turbulent tornadic clouds from the storm. The cell was moving right-to-left in the image and was about five miles to my south.


Radarscope capture of the tornado-warned cell and my location at 7:38 pm.


Panorama of the departing storm cell structure looking southeast at 8:02 pm after tornado warning had been lifted.


Closeup of the updraft from the image above it also at 8:02 pm. As quickly as this cell formed, it fizzled out. A well-defined funnel cloud, nearly reaching the ground, was observed earlier south of Palo and southwest of Hiawatha. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

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