Watch: Dramatic shelf cloud rolls through DC amid tornado and flood alerts
In Bowie, Maryland, a breathtaking video of an ominous shelf cloud emerged on social media. Shelf clouds, which often appear along the leading edge of thunderstorms, form when cool air rushes out from a storm and forces the warm, moist air ahead of it to rise, creating a distinctive, rolling cloud formation, The Washington Post reported.
Sharing the video of the phenomenon, X user Collin Rugg wrote, 'Shelf cloud spotted moving through the D.C. region as flash flood, thunderstorm, and tornado warnings were in effect. The shelf cloud (video below) was spotted moving through Bowie, Maryland.'
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JUST IN: Shelf cloud spotted moving through the D.C. region as flash flood, thunderstorm, and tornado warnings were in effect.
The shelf cloud (video below) was spotted moving through Bowie, Maryland.
'The strongest storms have moved east of the region, but rain is slow… pic.twitter.com/2CMTjhG43f
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 10, 2025
The viral video triggered an array of reactions, with many users expressing their assumptions about the shelf clouds. 'Something odd about how these are all happening at once randomly. Was this predicted?' a user wrote. 'It was creepy! Driving into the city as it was approaching! Thankful to have been INSIDE before the rains came! Got home and trees were down but not on my house! Thank you Jesus!' another user commented.
'DC has a lot of things, but what does not get praised enough are the weathernauts who are always on the lookout for random acts of astonishing nature! This is an incredible photograph. It is as if the clouds were a big blanket being pulled over the earth to tuck the people in for the night,' a third user reacted.
Meanwhile, Texas flash floods killed over 150 people and dislocated several others. According to the BBC News, at least 87 of the victims, including 56 adults and 31 children, died in Kerr County, where the Guadalupe River was swollen by torrential rains on Friday, the July Fourth public holiday.
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