This outflow cuts under warm air being drawn into the storm’s updraft.
Local, however, couldn’t help but stop to marvel at the spectacular sight.
“People were running from the streets to capture the unbelievable cloud formation,” an eyewitness toldCNN.
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Shelf cloud over central Oklahoma.
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Shelf Cloud over South Anastasia Island, 1 August 2013.
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Shelf cloud over South Anastasia Island, 1 August 2013.