Throw Down!
07/20/2025
HOLY S**T. WHAT A DAY. Low level moisture, moderate low level and mid level shear, as well as an over abundance of water vapor in our overly saturated atmosphere here in Central Illinois with this heat energy at the surface resulted in MAGIC this evening.
I was expecting storms, although these storms threw a surprising wrench at me around 4pm CDT, when I was finishing up shopping in Effingham. I knew 5-6pm per NAM and HRRR model run guidance that I was going to be getting storms. However, I wasn't expecting much but a wash-out due to the abundance of moisture, heavy rains definitely wore the crown on today's forecast.
I let my guard down a little after heading home and then I made a last minute decision to turn left instead of right onto my road home and I went W into Shelby County. Near Cowden, as seen from outside of Stewardson, I was greeted by this stunning dark aqua and all most murky gray-brown tinted rotating updraft with a smooth silky striation flowing across. The variation in textures of the storm with a surprise CG "cloud to ground" lightning bolt throwing down near the center, made me jump with joy.
Thank you for reading. This photo was from around 520pm CDT in rural Shelby County, Illinois.
It was tornado warned high precipitation supercell #1 for the day.
Throw Down!
07/20/2025
HOLY S**T. WHAT A DAY. Low level moisture, moderate low level and mid level shear, as well as an over abundance of water vapor in our overly saturated atmosphere here in Central Illinois with this heat energy at the surface resulted in MAGIC this evening.
I was expecting storms, although these storms threw a surprising wrench at me around 4pm CDT, when I was finishing up shopping in Effingham. I knew 5-6pm per NAM and HRRR model run guidance that I was going to be getting storms. However, I wasn't expecting much but a wash-out due to the abundance of moisture, heavy rains definitely wore the crown on today's forecast.
I let my guard down a little after heading home and then I made a last minute decision to turn left instead of right onto my road home and I went W into Shelby County. Near Cowden, as seen from outside of Stewardson, I was greeted by this stunning dark aqua and all most murky gray-brown tinted rotating updraft with a smooth silky striation flowing across. The variation in textures of the storm with a surprise CG "cloud to ground" lightning bolt throwing down near the center, made me jump with joy.
Thank you for reading. This photo was from around 520pm CDT in rural Shelby County, Illinois.
It was tornado warned high precipitation supercell #1 for the day.