Awesome pics, Tim, esp. for W. NC! Atari2601{at}aol.com wrote: > I hope each of you can somehow view images [ Editors note: Pictures located at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/temp/mammatus.jpg ] > Last night as > severe weather was exploding just two counties south of Hickory, the setting > sun illuminated the north-facing side of the storms including the area until > the anvil-top where mammatus clouds formed. This was one of the most perfect > displays I've ever seen! Multiple severe thunderstorms warnings were issued, > mainly around the Charlotte metro area for damaging winds reported. A flash > flood warning or two was also issued due to radar estimations of over 3 inches > of rainfall. > > I've attached a four-panel image I captured from my video camera last night. > The file size is only 47 K so it shouldn't take very long to download. > > Tim > atari2601{at}aol.com -or- tima{at}vortex.atms.unca.edu