Funnel Cloud — Glades, Florida

2024-01-06 · near Moore Haven, Glades, Florida

Event narrative

A video on social media showed a funnel cloud looking west from State Road 78 near Moore Haven, associated with a thunderstorm moving over the area. Time is estimated.

Wider weather episode

With the influence of a mid-level trough to the north, a surface low pressure system moving across the Southeast U.S. pulled a warm front across South Florida on the morning of January 6th. This brought plenty of warm air and diurnal instability to the area ahead of a cold front, which was the source of lift to spark several showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Some thunderstorms became severe, producing a funnel cloud and two tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1149113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.