Swirling Soil

This line of storms, passing over Archer Drive in the Marion, Iowa Bowman Meadows housing development, originated in Washington County to the south. The time for these images was about 4:45 PM CDT, Monday, June 16, 2014. Construction equipment, grading the ground for new houses, was kicking up the dry soil which the storm's high winds was carrying even higher and swirling it around, not unlike tornadic debris. The top image looks southeast, the second toward the south and the third to the west. The bottom image is a radar capture of the moment, with the camera location marked by the white dot. The arrow indicates storm movement.