Sky Filler

This immense storm system stretched low on the horizon all the way from directly west to directly north around 4:50 PM on Friday, June 18, 2010. The unimpeded view of the spectacle was short-lived however. Within minutes, low-level clouds moving east from between the horizon and the storm cell began to drift over and obscure it. The cell was actually located 60-70 miles away in Grundy County, where a severe thunderstorm warning had been issued. This view looks northwest from the grounds at Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.