Wednesday 6 July 2022 10:54 PM 'It looks like we are in Stranger Things': Haunting green sky appears over ... trends now
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Residents of Sioux Falls, South Dakota felt like they were in an episode of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' when the sky turned into a haunting green color on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) revealed it was not due to a tornado as some believed, but stemmed from a derecho.
A derecho is an intense wind storm associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms.
This one in particular barreled across the northern Midwest with winds up to 99 miles per hour that knocked out power for thousands.
Isaac Longley, a meteorologist at AccuWeather, told DailyMail.com: 'While it is relatively common to see these green skies, especially in the Plains, the skies associated with the severe storms that pushed through Sioux Falls during the afternoon of July 5th appeared even greener than normal.
'This of course caught the attention of many who had never seen skies so green.'
'In this particular case, the green skies lasted for around 10-20 minutes as the storms approached the city of Sioux Falls.'
