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Funnel Cloud in Lee County, Florida

Funnel Cloud May 24, 2026 · Lee County, Florida

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Broadcast media shared photos of a funnel cloud taken near Buckingham.

The wider storm

A developing thunderstorm over Tampa Bay produced a brief EF-0 tornado that affected the Villages of Bayport community in Hillsborough County. Elsewhere, easterly sea breeze afternoon convection produced a funnel cloud near Buckingham in Lee County.

Began near Buckingham (26.6600, -81.7300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1344054. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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