Funnel Cloud — Story, Iowa

2025-05-28 · near Roland, Story, Iowa

Event narrative

Public report of a brief funnel cloud a little east of Roland. Did not extend far below the cloud base.

Wider weather episode

A surface low tracked across northern Iowa and while this produced only light sprinkles, it did produce enough low level stretching for several funnel clouds to be reported across northern and central Iowa. The 0-3 km CAPE at the time of the reports was analyzed around 75-100 J/kg.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1253864. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.