Personal Funnel vs Tornado Counts/Ratios

[Gene Moore]

I was able to observe a dust plume / ground circulation associated with the first funnel in the series of pics (SW of La Crosse) though I didn't observe or even hear that the second funnel in my pics (Over and Just East of La Crosse) touched down. I''d be interested in seeing some pics of it if anyone has a link...

I thought you second funnel was the one I guessed to be more north. So you're correct I didn't see that one touch down. I think there were three condensation funnel events near town, first west, then north-northeast and east. Also the gustnado south of town on the nose of the gust front arch. I believe that one lasted the longest. All in all pretty trivial stuff considering how good the storm looked on radar. After that I had to dash for gas, we were below empty so there is a gap in my observations. I heard there were more funnels during that time but I haven't seen images.

OT: I wish Stormtrack could start a topic thread dedicated to specific storms. Then we could all throw in our images/ observations with the times. That would greatly help sort out days like this and allow us to track the evolution.

 

[Rick Schmidt]

I really don't keep an accurate count, but I have seen around 35 tornadoes, and roughly 50 funnels that never became tornadoes. But, I have seen more tornadoes than funnels in the last 10 years.

 

[nickgrillo]

I don't have any stuff online right now, so all I could find image-wise was these 3... I suppose I could say that I've seen about a dozen funnels that didn't become tornadoes.

• 6/13/04, Auburn, MI

A brief funnel which developed and dissipated shortly before the main "tornado" (F0, lasted a few seconds, off US-10.)

• 5/12/05, South Plains, TX

After the main large tornadoes near South Plains, this funnel developed then quickly dissipated.

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• 6/16/05, near Meade, KS

A tornado-warned supercell with a relatively high-base, due to high LCLs owed to diurnal mixing drying up the low-level moist layer. A brief, broad funnel developed then dissipated.

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Other funnels that I can think of at the moment are 1) 6/9/06 NNW of McAllister, OK, a broad, decent funnel... 2) 5/11/05 Garden City, KS... 3) 5/14/04 NNW of St. Clair, MI... 4) 8/21/03 NNW of Ann Arbor, MI... ​