Shortened By Storm

The softball game between St. Mark's Lutheran Church and Basic/Faith at Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday evening, July 22, 2013 did not go the full seven innings because of an incoming gust front from the northwest. The top image, which looks west, shows the game in the bottom of the third inning around 7:26 PM. Lightning and high wind stopped play about five minutes later, just before huge clouds of dirt from the infield were kicked skyward. The bottom image is a satellite capture of northeast Iowa about 1 1/2 hours earlier, showing the high cloud tops and severe weather. St. Mark's won the game in the top of the fourth inning, 8-1.