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9 Incredible Pictures Of The Spooky, Surreal Clouds In North Texas March 27 (Video, Too)

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The National Weather Service captured this building cumulus cloud near its Fort Worth office.

The storm that rolled through North Texas Thursday night produced some hail, rain, lightning – and some surreal cloud formations. The clouds went crazy – and the crowds went crazy, too, taking pictures of the nighttime sky show. More thunderstorms are expected this afternoon – some of them could be severe.

On Twitter, folks exclaimed: “Last night I felt like I was in a Stephen King movie! Spooky clouds in Texas.” “By the looks of snapchat, Dallas is getting eaten by storm clouds.” “The clouds in Dallas tonight are freaking me out.”

There was even a haiku or two: “#clouds were impressive The #sunset was on #fire Calm before the #storm.

Here’s a sampling of storm pictures from last night -- and an awesome video:

And check out this awesome video:

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Eric Aasen is KERA’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to KERA radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.