Funnel Cloud — Benton, Minnesota

2022-05-09 · near Gilman, Benton, Minnesota

Event narrative

Two separate groups of storm chasers photographed a funnel cloud. Neither photo showed any ground contact, and no damage was reported. There were no reliable spotter reports of it touching down, so this has been documented as a funnel cloud.

Wider weather episode

A dry-line/cold front was moving across Minnesota during the afternoon of Monday, May 9th. A few thunderstorms developed along this front across central Minnesota, and quickly spread south and eastward during the late afternoon and evening over eastern Minnesota, and adjacent west central Wisconsin. A brief funnel cloud was observed south of Gilman, and a tornado impacted Dakota County between Hastings and Miesville. Large hail and a few damaging wind gusts occurred along this line as it moved eastward. The largest hail stone was 2 inches in diameter and occurred near St. Paul downtown airport.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1030972. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.