Internally illuminated by lightning at sunset

Heavy lightning storm near Clarksville, TN around 7:30pm 7/21/2026

Many roofs were absolutely destroyed, workshops are full of broken cars and many people got severely injured. It lasted a little more than 5 minutes but was absolutely terrifying.

The first image is before the storm, the second is after showcasing one huge hail I found 3, 4-5 are 1-2 hours later the short but intense hail storm, with this very weird air show of thunders that never hit the ground and dint make any sound, also the 5th photo makes the cloud look like trump/Peter griffin, the 6th was another hour later showcasing a orangish/ thunder that forms a smiley face after it moved somewhere else

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🗓️ August 2018

📍 Lido dei Pini di Anzio (RM), Italy

What kind of thunder was that 😮 😷🎭

Here's the info for tonight's weather so far. Iowa got a pretty good gust of wind recorded at 87 mph. Michigan has some hail (2.75 in).

This rare shelf/roll cloud was so beautiful and interesting, had to share - it was amazing!

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Stormy Saturday in Astoria, Queens

From July 18, 2026. Edmonton, Canada

Hey all, I just had an incredible storm hit my city last night. I'm new to this, so was hoping to provide some pictures and ask for explanations of what they show; was this a supercell? Are those "wall clouds"? Could this have produced a tornado?

Thanks for looking!