Funnel Cloud — Warren, Iowa

2024-06-25 · near Norwalk, Warren, Iowa

Event narrative

Public report of a funnel cloud near Norwalk, viewed from the south.

Wider weather episode

Scattered convection occurred throughout the day across the area as a weak cold front dropped slowly south across the area. By afternoon the front had largely stalled near the I-80 corridor and more vigorous convection developed along the front, fed by high instability exceeding 3000 J/kg and steep mid level lapse rates of 7 to 8 C/km. Storms first began near Newton and then back built towards the west along the boundary through the evening. Storms produced large hail and stretching resulted in a huge number of funnel clouds, including pictures with a least visible at the same time. Later in the evening a wave across Nebraska moved into Iowa, sweeping east along the instability gradient that the earlier evening convection developed on. A few damaging wind gusts occurred with this line of storms, however it remained sub severe most of the night.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1190243. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.