Electric Avenue

Lightning strikes less than a mile from this position looking north along Keystone Avenue at 330th Street, about 8 miles south of Ida Grove, Iowa around 8:10 PM, Saturday, April 9, 2011. The lightning was frequent and energy-filled in this powerful tornadic storm system. Accompanying the brilliant lightning display was sustained RFD winds of around 50 mph. Storm chase driver Ryan Alliss is shown at lower left. On the move again to the northeast, we trailed a wedge tornado that eventually morphed into a stovepipe shape about 10-15 minutes after this video frame capture was made.