Funnel Cloud — Pickett, Tennessee

2018-05-26 · near Sunset, Pickett, Tennessee

Event narrative

Numerous Facebook photos and videos showed a series of three waterspouts developed over an arm of Dale Hollow Lake next to the Sunset Marina & Resort near the Highway 111 bridge south of Byrdstown. No damage was reported as the waterspouts quickly dissipated as they neared the marina and shoreline. These unusual waterspouts appeared to form as the updraft of a thunderstorm slowly propagated southwestward and interacted with an outflow boundary which was roughly parallel to that portion of Dale Hollow Lake.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on May 26. One thunderstorm across Pickett County produced an unusual and rare series of three waterspouts over Dale Hollow Lake.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 760917. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.