As Des Moines was hit with strong thunderstorms Tuesday, pictures of a "shelf cloud" start circulating social media. The images displayed what looked like low hanging clouds under more cloud coverage ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Tuesday afternoon storms in central Ohio brought heavy rain and lightning to multiple counties but also unique, massive clouds. A severe thunderstorm warning hit Madison and ...

(WKYT) - Summer continues to roll on and central and eastern Kentucky get a fair share of storms this time of year. There are different kinds of storm clouds that can be concerning and some that are ...

Do you know the difference between a wall cloud and a shelf cloud?? This is often a misunderstood phenomenon in weather, although to be fair... the shelf cloud does look like a wall. A shelf cloud is ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you’ve ever looked up and seen a dark, menacing cloud stretching across the sky like a giant wedge, you’ve likely witnessed a shelf cloud. With their dramatic appearance and ...

Image by: Michael Samadani, in Baytown from Sunday's storms. Sent using Click2Pins (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) They look intense ...

As the severe storms rolled across Michigan Tuesday, there was some ominous beauty in the sky. When storms are as strong as they were this morning, the atmosphere can have some spectacular cloud ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It was quite the stormy August across the Brazos Valley, so I thought it was only fitting to give the shelf cloud a special spotlight this month! Even if you’ve never heard the ...

MADISON, Wis. - Both are ominous looking clouds that are sometimes present with thunderstorms and are often confused for each other. Let's take a look at a shelf cloud, a wall cloud and discuss how ...

Pine Mountain, Ga. (WRBL)-Roll clouds and shelf clouds are similar but in this case the cloud structure rolling across Pine Mountain, Georgia was not attached to the thunderstorm, which makes this a ...