2012

April 22nd: Funnel Cloud/Poss. Tornado, New Forest (Part 2)

Suddenly a clear slot formed to the left of the wall cloud just 1/4 mile or so to my SW. The rotation quickly increased and a funnel formed, ragged at first, but then a thin vortex developed below:

Funnel

The spinning motion can be seen in this picture, with bands wrapping around the funnel:

Funnel

A wider view:

Funnel

The thin funnel almost reached the ground:

Funnel

Funnel

As is roped out, condensation can be seen closer to the tree level, so I'm sure it made a brief touchdown, though no debris was lifted so it was weak:

Funnel

A new, ragged, funnel lowered down a minute or so later, this time side-lit by the Sun:

Funnel

Another final attempt at a funnel about 5 minutes later, but the cloud rapidly dyed away after this:

Funnel

It was followed by a nice rainbow to the East:

Rainbow

As the Sun went down and the skies cleared the showers to the north showed off their anvils:

Anvil

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