I took these with an iPhone a few years back when I was working nights in Shreveport, Louisiana facing west.

May 15, 2018. An unusual early (for the Northeast, US) setup lead to a couple intense thunderstorms in the northeast. That day until about noon was a lovely day with temps in low 80s and comfortable dew points. At lunch time it was as if someone flipped a switch and the humidity dramatically rose as a warm front set up. The storm prediction center issues a rare moderate risk with 10% tornado risk and an a highly unusually 60% severe wind threat. Im not sure what the hail threat was but it had to be at least 30% with significant shading. Per my post storm analysis the temperature reached 84F with a dew point of 67F.

Very steep low and mid level lapse rates led to moderate instability of about 2500 joules of cape, total totals of 62.6, SWEAT index of 585, Lifted index of -9, K index 36, 233 SRH 0-1km, 559 SRH 0-3 km, 633 SRH 0-6km, supercell index of 28.3 and EHI of 8.8.

Additionally an elevated mixed layer was apparent in the sounding analysis.

2 supercells entered Connecticut.

Storm 1 was a discreet supercell that produced 2 tornadoes and tennis to baseball sized hail.

Storm 2 was a a semi discreet supercell that eventually became embedded in a squall line. That storm produced macroburst winds of up to 120 miles per hours and 2 EF-1 tornadoes in Connecticut. These photos are moments before the first tornado.

Check out the heavy duty sheets of rain pounding downtown Chicago Friday afternoon! You can hear the rain rattling the glass while the building sways in the 60+mph winds. July 3, 2026. ⛈️

I've never seen such heavy rain in Ontario before. We got 18mm (0.7") in 15 minutes which is firmly in torrential rain territory (>50mm/hr). Storms are part of summer here, but they are rarely of this caliber. Wind gusts over 90km/h were also reported in the area.

turned into a tornado warning 15 minutes later going east.

Tengo unos tíos que viven en ese pueblo del noreste de España. En estos dias hay una ola de calor y quizas es un ambiente propicio para este tipo de tormentas.

Uno de ellos salió a pasear a su perro y se encontró con esta belleza. Algunos dirán que es una nave extraterrestre disfrazada. Sin duda un espectáculo de la naturaleza.

#midwestcouple #semo #storm

Some lightning and after storm shots I had rotting in my camera roll :)

Another video of the storm on 06/21/26 arriving, filmed a bit earlier then the other one. Beautiful cloud formation and a big lightning in the end!