IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 11 August 2006

Landspout fun

Posted: 11 Aug 2006 06:47 AM


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~4:37 PM 10 Aug 2006, photo from Denise Hill of Gowrie
Yesterday afternoon brought some very interesting storms to Northcentral Iowa. The featured image is of a landspout near Dayton (Webster County) and the NEXRAD reflectivity during that time. These funnels form during the initial storm updraft stretches atmospheric spin in the vertical. These funnels are brief and not all of them reach the ground. Here is a collection of other funnels from Thursday.

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