Omnious shelf cloud sweeps across San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on April 1, 2016

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This omnious shelf cloud was spotted across San Antonio, Bexar County on April 1, 2016.

The menacing dark cloud rolled over parts of Bexar County as rain and hail made its way over areas north of San Antonio.

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This threatening cloud rolled into northern Bexar County, Texas on Friday morning, stunning onlookers in the area.

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The storm moved toward Canyon Lake and dropped heavy rain and nickel-size hail.

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Although you may think it’s something out of from Ghostbusters or Independence Day, be secured, it’s only a shelf cloud.

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This type of cloud is normally associated with a thunderstorm gust front or occasionally with a cold front, even in the absence of thunderstorms.

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A rising cloud motion often can be seen in the leading part of the shelf cloud, while the underside often appears turbulent, boiling, and wind-torn.

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Most false tornado and false funnel cloud reports are associated with shelf clouds.

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Shelf clouds are low-hanging, horizontal cloud features attached to the front side of lines of storms or even a single storm.

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Usually there isn’t any persistent rotation on a vertical axis within shelf clouds or within individual cloud fragments that extend downward from the shelf cloud, therefore they are just another scary-looking cloud.

Shelf clouds often resemble snow plows, big waves or tsunamis. Sometimes they may found only a couple hundred feet above the ground.

Meanwhile, Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma have also been hit by tornadic extreme weather.

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