Yesterday we were feeling a bit house bound so we went out towards Best Buy despite the thunderstorms that were passing through. As we got on the highway we got the perfect view of a GIANT wall cloud hanging down from the belly of this storm. As we got closer to our highway exit we were getting closer and closer to this freaky cloud. There weren't any tornado watches or anything so we weren't too concerned but as we got to Best Buy the wall cloud was just starting to pass directly over us. Looking up into the cloud was the scariest thing I have ever seen. The clouds were so dark that they were almost black and we could easily see several areas where the clouds were rotating ominously. I really had no idea what I was looking at but a man walking out of Best Buy was kind enough to point out a couple of funnel clouds to his kids I have a feeling that he has lived here for a while though because his only comment was "As long as them there funnel clouds don't start coming down we'll be just fine"
We got out of there in a big hurry!!
I found out today that that storm DID produce a tornado ON the base!! Thankfully it was on the opposite side of the flight line from most of the base so as ]far as I know no one was hurt but it was still freaky!!
I did have 2 firsts to check off my list of things I have never seen before though:
A well organized wall cloud
A funnel cloud!
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