July 20, 2008 Omaha Roll Cloud Day/Onawa Iowa Night Shelf
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Thanks to Bob for giving me a call about an interesting roll cloud north of town in the morning. I could see it out my window to the east, but it looked to be weakening. He then called back and said nevermind, it looked like crap now. So I do a few things for a couple minutes, then I looked out the window again and it looked to be increasing again. Got another call from Bob that it was indeed looking better again. So finally, I fly out the door with all my gear and head south. It was quite the chore to get ahead of by Omaha, as it was now moving a lot faster. I could see it growing to my south, and so wanted to be ahead of it as it moved over down town Omaha. I barely "beat it". In the above I'm on I29, north side of Council Bluffs heading west.
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I stop on the shoulder and get off a couple really quick shots as it moves over the skyline. I'd prefer some other angle, but this alone took some work to get to in time.
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I think this was snapped out my window while driving east on the south side of Council Bluffs.
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Lake Manawa exit I think. Looks like a big mustache. It was evidently being driven by some storms well to the north. It was then scooping up the soupy moisture in place, causing sprinkles right behind it.
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It quickly weakened after passing through the metro area.
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It's now night time, and I stupidly chased a severe line up to Onawa Iowa, at like 1:30 a.m. or something.
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This line didn't provide a whole lot, other than a brief view of this ok shelf.
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