Funnel Cloud — Collier, Florida

2024-05-01 · near Immokalee, Collier, Florida

Event narrative

A video on social media showed a funnel cloud over Ave Maria as a thunderstorm moved through the area.

Wider weather episode

With the influence of a mid-level shortwave trough over the Florida Peninsula, plentiful moisture and instability sparked showers and thunderstorms along sea breeze boundaries. One of these thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1182235. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.