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St. Louis severe storms - Saturday, June 21, 2014
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HD VIDEO: St. Louis severe storms - blowing dust and lightning
We're in our typical summer pattern here in the Midwest, which means lots of instability to fire storms, but very little shear to organize anything of note. Today, a few stronger storms began collapsing to the northeast of the metro area, sending a busrt of outflow southeast across the city. The winds produced only a few instances of power outages and tree damage, but kicked up plenty of dirt and dust. The lightning quality/cooperation was so-so. Here are a few images from the day:
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