A WILD storm has shocked Americans who witnessed the sky overhead turn to a glowing green.
The strange weather event turned the Midwestern skies to neon green.
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On July 5, severe winds reaching almost 100 miles per hour powered across the heartland terrain with bits of hail the size of softballs sputtering out.
Significant power outages and damages were reported.
The storm, called a derecho, is unique to the Midwest and Great Plains states.
The rare conditions of the derecho turned the sky to a mysterious, glowing green as it ripped across hundreds of miles.
Washington Post meteorology correspondent Matthew Cappucci reported the green skies are caused by a confluence of water-rich clouds and the time of day.
Water droplets in the clouds retain blue light while the late afternoon sun blankets the land in red/yellow light.
The two blend together to create a stunning, hazy green sky.
“The colors exhibited by storms over Siouxland…were unlike any in recent meteorological memory,” Cappucci wrote.
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Social media lit up with awe-struck Midwesterners and longtime storm chasers gawking at the green sky.
“Still not over how menacing this derecho looked over Siouxland today,” one witness wrote on Twitter with a picture attached.
“Tonight’s derecho felt like being in a teaser for Stranger Things Season 5,” another Twitter user added.
Flyover country has faced increasingly intense weather over the last decade and a connection between harsh derechos and rising temperatures has been established.
The comfort and habitability of the Midwest and other parts of the United States could change as rising temperatures give way to more violent storms.
