Two Barks Without A Bite

The incoming shelf cloud on the leading edge of a gust front in Linn County, Iowa early Sunday afternoon on Sunday, June 22, 2014 was certainly ominous looking enough. So was the loose farm dog from down the road. The line of storms was menacing me from one direction while the snarling dog was doing the same from the other direction. Both eventually failed to bite. Although the storm dropped copious amounts of rain, wind speeds never exceeded 30-40 mph and no hail fell here despite the area being severe-warned. The top image looks west from White Road, a half-mile east of North Alburnett Road (County Highway W58), and a little over three miles north of Marion, Iowa. Weather conditions at this moment were as follows: 79 degrees F, 67 degree dew point, 67% humidity, wind SE at 9 mph--soon switching over to the NW. The bottom image is a radar screen image of the photo capture time (12:16 PM CDT). The camera location is marked with a white dot. Arrows indicate storm movement. The top image is a panorama created from two photos stitched together in Adobe Bridge.