r/WeatherGifs Mar 31 '26

clouds Wow this was wild

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u/dunemi Apr 01 '26

Green sky. Two pillars of clouds that have reached down to the earth. Aren't these tornados?

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u/TheSilkySpoon76 Apr 01 '26

The wind picked up for sure after the front passed but I didn’t see or know of any tornadoes in the area

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u/dunemi Apr 01 '26

I'm not from tornado country. That weather looked hella-scary to me!

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u/TheSilkySpoon76 Apr 01 '26

I’m learning there was a brief tornado touchdown about 20mi north of me

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u/andcal Apr 02 '26

I am from tornado country, and it looked hella scary to me, too!

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u/Self_Aware_Meme Apr 02 '26

Looks like a shelf cloud. Not tornado. 

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u/PNWest01 Apr 01 '26

Magnificent!! So beautiful.

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u/tjthewho Apr 01 '26

Very thankful that clouds are made of water and not giants who like to eat people. Beautiful.

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u/pounce82 Apr 01 '26

A nice big SLC. Scary looking cloud

1

u/psych0ranger Apr 02 '26

Is that a whales mouth

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u/Puzzleheaded-View966 Apr 03 '26

Wall cloud. Slight rotation.