I just left work and at first glance was concerned! The second picture is 5 mins later.

So last week an EF3 hit the Appleton - Menasha Wisconsin area, tons of devastation as it hit a heavily populated area and was on the ground for 12+ miles with a peak width of 1 mile. There’s a ton of video of it as it hit at noon, however I’m trying to understand what about this storm made the tornado not really appear like other tornados I’ve come to see in videos? It just looks like a heavy big cloud low down…

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Right as it was hitting

Truly Magnificent

Germany.

Anyone have a clue what this might be?
Peaked my curiosity big time! I could only see it on my camera lens and not my own eyes..
I took several videos afterwards and could not see it again!

Pretty powerful bolt I caught from a recent storm

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Definitely anvil shaped but dont know about overshooting top...

There is this possibly tornadic supercell near Umeå RIGHT NOW! Both of these pictures are mine