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Lighting up the water tower

A lightning bolt bursts out behind Weyburn's historic water tower, during an active thunderstorm that hit Weyburn the evening of July 12.
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A lightning bolt bursts out behind Weyburn's historic water tower, during an active thunderstorm that hit Weyburn the evening of July 12. The storm dumped just over 21 mm of rain on the city and area, complete with almost constant bursts of lightning, both the sheet lightning and bolt lightning varieties, making for an interesting sky for storm-watchers. There were some reports the storm may have produced a tornado also in the Radville area.

A lightning bolt bursts out behind Weyburn's historic water tower, during an active thunderstorm that hit Weyburn the evening of July 12. The storm dumped just over 21 mm of rain on the city and area, complete with almost constant bursts of lightning, both the sheet lightning and bolt lightning varieties, making for an interesting sky for storm-watchers.