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A shelf cloud is produce by thunderstorm outflow, resulting from rain cooled air being force downward and outward in a thunderstorm. A shelf cloud may indicate that strong straight-line winds are coming

A wall cloud is found in the mesocyclone, or rotating updraft of a type of thunderstorm called a supercell. This is an indicator that a tornado may soon form.

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