Weather Stuff!

So we've had some wild weather lately...some here at home and some I had to track down. Here are a few pics and vids for your brief entertainment.

First up: We got (I am estimating) about 5 inches of rain on Monday morning in a four or five hour period. There is a pond out in front of my apartment complex. I think you will understand that the trees are NOT supposed to be underwater.
Who doesn't love ducks?
Oh, and about that rain...it did almost the exact same thing the NEXT morning too. Didn't get quite as much, and the water didn't come up quite as high, but it's a good bet that I got around 7 or 8 inches of rain at the beginning of this week.

Next up are some photos and videos from my storm chasing yesterday (Wednesday, June 17). The first picture is of a beautifully formed shelf cloud. I wish I could have gotten a more panoramic shot. I did use a wide angle lens, but the ominous nature of the storm isn't quite as apparent as I'd have liked.
Here is a rotating wall cloud I observed when I pulled over. I was just off of I-70 in Boonville (about 30 miles west of Columbia).
This is the same storm as it passed over the gas station I had stopped at.
This first video is actually from last week. It was taken just south of Lebanon (about 30 miles from my house) during a tornado warning.

These next two are from yesterday. Again, it's definitely hard to see the magnitude of rotation, but trust me it was there. I actually stayed inside the gas station as the storm approached and watched it from the door.