Non-Severe But Quite Photogenic

A line of non-severe-warned thunderstorms approached the Marion, Iowa area just before 4:30 PM CDT on Friday, June 27, 2014. What the storm lacked for in punch it made up for in visual quality. The line of storms formed in a bowed, gust front featuring these beautiful shelf clouds. Both of the images above were captured around 4:35 PM from Lowe Park along North 10th Street, about one mile north of Linn-Mar High School in Marion. The top image looks southwest and the bottom northwest. The facility in the background of the bottom image is Oak Ridge Middle School. Heavy rain, 30 mph winds and frequent lightning were products of this storm once it passed through.