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Shelf cloud creates very unique local photos!
July 16, 2025
Stan Settle shared this photo of the shelf cloud, taken in Silver Creek.
MyKayla Ginter took this photo of the shelf cloud as it hovered over the Bypass.
This photo was taken at the Montgomery County Fair courtesy Jayla Defrates.
Photo taken over Camargo Elementary/photo submitted by Jaka Keyara O'Neal.
A shelf cloud covered more than the entire width of the pool at the aquatic center. Photo by Erik Ekstrom.
Windsor Drive/courtesy Carie Richmond.
Owingsville Road, photo submitted by Sandy Orme Corbin.
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We received HUNDREDS of shelf cloud submissions! It was hard to select for a slideshow to accompany this story! We appreciate our readers!
It looks like the scene of an action or scary movie, but it's not!
What you see is a shelf cloud that hung over Montgomery County this weekend. According to the National Weather Service, a shelf cloud is “A low, horizontal, sometimes wedge-shaped cloud associated with the leading edge of a thunderstorm’s outflow or gust front and potentially strong winds. Although often appearing ominous, shelf clouds normally do not produce tornadoes.” Greg Beam, Emergency Management Director, said a transformer was struck by lightning on Rogers Mill during the time of the shelf cloud appearance.
There were no additional issues.
Another shelf cloud photo appears in this week's Advocate!
We received HUNDREDS of shelf cloud submissions! It was hard to select for a slideshow to accompany this story! We appreciate our readers!
It looks like the scene of an action or scary movie, but it's not!
What you see is a shelf cloud that hung over Montgomery County this weekend. According to the National Weather Service, a shelf cloud is “A low, horizontal, sometimes wedge-shaped cloud associated with the leading edge of a thunderstorm’s outflow or gust front and potentially strong winds. Although often appearing ominous, shelf clouds normally do not produce tornadoes.” Greg Beam, Emergency Management Director, said a transformer was struck by lightning on Rogers Mill during the time of the shelf cloud appearance.
There were no additional issues.
Another shelf cloud photo appears in this week's Advocate!
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