Tuesday, June 3, 2014 sure did turn out to be a shelf cloud and rainy evening. I headed north of Kansas City towards the Iowa boarder to see what I could find structure wise with the storms that were moving towards the east/southeast from Nebraska. There was a storm that had form in Northwest Missouri that moving at a pretty slow speed so I was able to intercept it in Eagleville, MO. While I was there I saw a beautiful shelf cloud and then was able to hang around and see what the bow echo had in store when it finally reached the Missouri/Iowa boarder. What I saw was a mean and ugly shelf cloud, strong west winds, and a lot of rain.
1. Time – lapse of the first shelf cloud approaching Eaglville, MO off on Highway M northeast of town
2. Driving shot of the edge of the mammoth bow echo as it approached and crossed the Missouri boarder from Iowa. At this time the storm had a tornado warning on it in Ringgold County Iowa
3. Driving shot of the edge of the mammoth bow echo as it approached and crossed the Missouri boarder from Iowa. At this time the storm had a tornado warning on it in Ringgold County Iowa while driving north on Interstate 35
4. Driving shot of the underneath (Whales Mouth) of the edge of the mammoth bow echo as it approached and crossed the Missouri boarder from Iowa. At this time the storm had a tornado warning on it in Ringgold County Iowa while driving south on Interstate 35
5. Heavy rain and winds associated with the mammoth bow echo as it approached and crossed the Missouri boarder from Iowa. At this time the storm had a tornado warning on it in Ringgold County Iowa while driving south on Interstate 35
6. Static shot of a man walking from the gas station to his vehicle in the pouring rain and strong north winds in Eagleville, MO
7. Medium shot of heavy wind driving rain illuminated by a light post at the gas station to his vehicle in the pouring rain and strong north winds in Eagleville, MO
8. Wind driven rain along the parking lot pavement at the gas station to his vehicle in the pouring rain and strong north winds in Eagleville, MO
9. Wide shot of heavy wind driving rain illuminated by a light post at the gas station to his vehicle in the pouring rain and strong north winds in Eagleville, MO
10. Medium shot of the awnings at the Loves gas station in Eagleville, MO with wind driven rain and run off flowing flowing south
11. Close shot of the awnings at the Loves gas station in Eagleville, MO with wind driven rain and run off flowing flowing south
12. Wide shot of the awnings at the Loves gas station in Eagleville, MO with wind driven rain and run off flowing flowing south