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Slow-Motion Footage Captures Spidery Lightning

Severe thunderstorm https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1957885648922124351 warnings were in effect for parts of Missouri on Tuesday, August 19. Slow-motion footage captured by X user Albert Blackwell shows lightning spidering across the sky above Cape Girardeau, a town near the southern Illinois border. The warning was in effect until 2:45 pm local time on Tuesday and the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasted https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1958265118468255852 calm weather for the week as of Wednesday, August 20. (Footage by Albert Blackwell/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Severe thunderstorm https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1957885648922124351 warnings were in effect for parts of Missouri on Tuesday, August 19. Slow-motion footage captured by X user Albert Blackwell shows lightning spidering across the sky above Cape Girardeau, a town near the southern Illinois border. The warning was in effect until 2:45 pm local time on Tuesday and the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasted https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1958265118468255852 calm weather for the week as of Wednesday, August 20. (Footage by Albert Blackwell/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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2231476789
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Storyful
Date created:
August 20, 2025
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00:00:22:06
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Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
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