Xanto-ed Out

On February 2 of this year what actually happened was this: The groundhog emerged from his burrow, saw his shadow, returned to his burrow, woke up again forgetting his first foray above, emerged again and saw his shadow for a second time--giving us 14 more weeks of winter. So while we're enduring that, Winter Storm Xanto, the back edge of a system that produced severe weather in the midsection of the U.S. last Friday, began wreaking havoc throughout much of the country's upper midsection--with snow and high winds. Above, the storm is shown in progress looking south on White Road north of Marion, Iowa, between N. Alburnett Road (W58) and N. Marion Road at 12:03 pm CDT, Sunday, April 15, 2018.

A similar view, closer to the ground, a minute later.

Same position, but looking east 12:05 pm.

12:11 pm. Looking south from White Road, about .4-mile west of N. Alburnett Road. Weather conditions were: snow, 32 degree F temps and 22 mph winds. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

Radar screen capture of the state of Iowa at this time. White target icon is my photographer's position.