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NOAA Photo Library Image - nssl0051

Lowering wall cloud under main thunderstorm updraft. Tornadoes will generally form in and ground the wall cloud.

Image ID: nssl0051, NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection
Photo Date: 1982
Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Category: Sky Scenes/Clouds/

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