This was one of the most strangely structured and beautifully illuminated wall clouds I’ve seen—a small, high-based but very convective feature. Occupying a notch or inflection point between the forward- and rear-flank cores, the area slowly rotated but never threatened a tornado. A great deal of light reflected off the wall cloud arrived from behind me, in the southeastern sky, despite the late-afternoon timing. The entire updraft region soon would be undercut by cold outflow, albeit with impressive electrical discharges to its northeast.
6 SSE Elm Springs SD (15 Jun 12) Looking NW
44.2283, -102.4881Peculiar Front Light
This was one of the most strangely structured and beautifully illuminated wall clouds I’ve seen—a small, high-based but very convective feature. Occupying a notch or inflection point between the forward- and rear-flank cores, the area slowly rotated but never threatened a tornado. A great deal of light reflected off the wall cloud arrived from behind me, in the southeastern sky, despite the late-afternoon timing. The entire updraft region soon would be undercut by cold outflow, albeit with impressive electrical discharges to its northeast.
6 SSE Elm Springs SD (15 Jun 12) Looking NW
44.2283, -102.4881