Funnel Cloud — Rice, Minnesota

2024-08-26 · near Nerstrand, Rice, Minnesota

Event narrative

Multiple reports of a funnel cloud with photos but no precip on radar. High-based clouds in the pictures.

Wider weather episode

A complex of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of August 26, and grew upscale into a line of storms that produced widespread wind damage across central and eastern Minnesota. There were likely hundreds, if not thousands of trees damaged across the Twin Cities metro area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212090. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.