Incoming And Outgoing

This severe storm cell, whose cloud tops were reaching 40-45,000 feet, is seen in its approach and
departure from my spotting position on Tuesday evening, May 20, 2014. The location was on St.
Peters Road, about .2-mile north of Midway Road, and about 2.5 miles north of Robins, Iowa. The top image was captured at 7:34 PM CDT and looks NW. The middle image shows the cell, bloated with turbulence, in the southern sky after it had passed overhead at 7:43 PM. Both moments were accompanied by dangerous lightning, and torrential rain and pea size hail followed after image two. The bottom image is a radar screen capture showing base reflectivity and echo tops in relation to my spotting position (indicated with a white cross).