Boone County Supercell July 13

Yesterday, this storm in Boone County, IL damaged trees and power lines, and produced golf ball size hail near Poplar Grove, IL:

There was also a weaker cell to its south:

And this one to its southwest:

We were driving north on I-39 just north of US 34 at the beginning of the video below. At that time the storm was probably 50 miles away. The video runs from 8:46 - 9:12 PM CDT as we go through LaSalle, Lee and Ogle counties.

Here is the storm from up close. We are driving east on 173 between I-39 and 76 from 9:37-9:41 PM CDT.

Lightning Video

A review of some of the most intense lightning video that I have going back to 2000.

0-1:10 Northern Missouri in May 2000.
1:10-1:22 The F-5 Greensburg storm on May 4, 2007.
1:22-1:47 Lightning out the top of the Greensburg storm seen from over 100 miles away.
1:47-3:58 Just south of Corning, KS on June 5, 2008.
3:58-6:45 Texas Panhandle between Borger and Perryton on June 12, 2010.