Dann Cianca
Hi,
I just wanted everyone's opinion on this. On April 9th, a "cold air funnel" was reported near Kalispell, Montana in the vicinity of a field of showers (Radar: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/rad...r=black&endDate=20080410&endTime=1&duration=2). I'm not disputing the fact that it may be a "cold air funnel", though I wouldn't rule out a landspout. But from the image, it is obviously touching the ground. Would that not make it a tornado, even if it is a NST/landspout?
News Story Here: (with image)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/04/11/news/news03.txt
Missoula, MT NWS LSR:
NWUS55 KMSO 101933
LSRMSO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
133 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 NW KALISPELL 48.24N 114.37W
04/09/2008 FLATHEAD MT PUBLIC
PUBLIC TOOK PICTURES FROM COSTCO PARKING LOT OF COLD AIR
FUNNEL OR LAND SPOUT THAT TOUCHED THE GROUND IN AN OPEN
LAND AREA NEAR KALISPELL. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
Correct me if I'm wrong ...
Thanks,
Dann.
I just wanted everyone's opinion on this. On April 9th, a "cold air funnel" was reported near Kalispell, Montana in the vicinity of a field of showers (Radar: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/rad...r=black&endDate=20080410&endTime=1&duration=2). I'm not disputing the fact that it may be a "cold air funnel", though I wouldn't rule out a landspout. But from the image, it is obviously touching the ground. Would that not make it a tornado, even if it is a NST/landspout?
News Story Here: (with image)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/04/11/news/news03.txt
Missoula, MT NWS LSR:
NWUS55 KMSO 101933
LSRMSO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
133 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 NW KALISPELL 48.24N 114.37W
04/09/2008 FLATHEAD MT PUBLIC
PUBLIC TOOK PICTURES FROM COSTCO PARKING LOT OF COLD AIR
FUNNEL OR LAND SPOUT THAT TOUCHED THE GROUND IN AN OPEN
LAND AREA NEAR KALISPELL. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
Correct me if I'm wrong ...
Thanks,
Dann.
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