The storm I captured here on video had been on approach this past Friday for several hours with warnings way in advance of it's arrival. I happened to be out gardening and tending the fields when I heard the sirens of the local fire company, sending out a warning for those who can heed it, perhaps a full hour before any rain drop fell.
I already knew the storm was on approach from the get go, being an avid weather follower and having just about studied meteorology all my student life, I was not caught off guard by the impending doom. And following the radar closely that day presented a large, dangerous convective storm front pushing West to East and slightly to the North.
The storm front was trekking across the land quite swiftly, violently churning waves visible in the cloud base of the storm, some swirling so much to resemble a tornadic cyclone before a shear wind tilts it to impact the surface of the Earth, which would then be deemed a tornado, but thankfully no touch downs this time. No hail either, surprisingly or not, but I guess with how fast the front was traveling across the land, the updraft just couldn't maintain itself in once location to hold up heavy ice pellets long enough to freeze and refreeze enough to grow. Just tossed them out of the storm as rain drops.
I was a bit nervous seeing that type of intensity around the land. I love a good storm, but I certainly don't want to be homeless.
I would love to someday venture out into the midwest to view a massive storm like this, but on the flat open land, where the entire storm can be visible, because nothing is blocked by the tree line on the horizon.
No damage this time, just one umbrella blown over but nothing damaged. Plants survived again. Hardy organisms.
Storms like this will only become more frequent and more intense, dare I say it, the more we slip into a Grand Solar Minimum. Prayers to all!
