In Position For The Storm

Now finally well south of the approaching storm on Thursday evening, June 15, 2017, I chose one of my favorite spotting locations. The location was at the Ross Veterinary Clinic on North Marion Road, about .1-mile north of County Home Road, north of Marion, Iowa. This spot afforded an unobstructed view in all directions, and was only about four miles from home. At 8:00 pm CDT, the approaching severe cell was showing an energetic structure as seen in the image above. The most intense part of this cell was located about 18 miles distant, near the town of Walker in Linn County. On the storm's western flank was a small wall cloud, which can be seen along the horizon at left center.

Another view of the approaching storm, captured about 5 minutes later. The setting sun combined with the southeast track of the storm provided a brilliantly lit horizon to the west. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

Radar capture from 8:00 pm. The target icon at lower right shows my position with the white arrow pointing in the direction seen in the two photographs above. The black arrows show storm movement.