WOW! – This week’s viral video looks like a scene taken straight out of a movie.

Ricky Forbes, whose Facebook page says he is a professional storm chaser, shared the video on his social media last week. The video is of a supercell thunderstorm near Shelton, Nebraska.

On the thunderstorm spectrum, supercells are the least common type of thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service.

“But they have a high propensity to produce severe weather, including damaging winds, very large hail, and sometimes weak to violent tornadoes,” the National Weather Service website explains. “What makes a supercell unique from all other thunderstorm types is that it contains a deep and persistent rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. If the environment is favorable, supercell thunderstorms can las

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