K9soul
07-12-2008, 09:25 AM
This storm hit us Thursday. It was a bow echo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_echo) storm line and really produced some very unusual looking cloud formations and lighting both before and after it came through. I snapped a few pictures though I wish I had realized it was coming sooner so I could have gotten more of the clouds coming in from farther away. I thought I'd share here.
The radar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/stormradar.jpg
Coming overhead, this line is where tornadoes often form along the leading edge of bow echoes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm3.jpg
Got myself inside after that as the straightline winds and lightning were starting. But after the brunt of it had passed there was some interesting/odd lighting with the sun setting behind/below more storm clouds. It was dark in some areas and yet the sun was light a spotlight and hitting just tops of some trees, and an area where there was a double rainbow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/rainbow.jpg
Turning around from the rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/sunset.jpg
It was fascinating to watch although a bit scary as it roared in.
The radar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/stormradar.jpg
Coming overhead, this line is where tornadoes often form along the leading edge of bow echoes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/strm3.jpg
Got myself inside after that as the straightline winds and lightning were starting. But after the brunt of it had passed there was some interesting/odd lighting with the sun setting behind/below more storm clouds. It was dark in some areas and yet the sun was light a spotlight and hitting just tops of some trees, and an area where there was a double rainbow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/rainbow.jpg
Turning around from the rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/k9soul/Summer%202008/sunset.jpg
It was fascinating to watch although a bit scary as it roared in.