Funnel Cloud in Brown County, Minnesota
Funnel Cloud May 27, 2025 · Brown County, Minnesota
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Multiple trained spotters provided photos of funnel cloud 5 miles SE of Sleepy Eye, MN.
The wider storm
Low pressure located over the Dakotas was slowly moving eastward across the Upper-Mississippi River Valley. Isolated to scattered rain showers developed diurnally, which a few cells across western Minnesota had enough instability ( 100 to 300 J/kg of MuCAPE) to produce heavier rain and a few rumbles of thunder. Given this region of Minnesota was within close proximity of the closed low combined with weak instability, funnel clouds could not be ruled out.
About five miles southeast of Sleepy Eye, MN a few trained spotters noticed one cell in particular produced a funnel cloud that moved northwest for approximately ten minutes. Spotters confirmed the funnel never reached the ground.
Began near Sleepy Eye (44.2331, -94.6913).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1248486. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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