News Follow-Up: Were Those Funnel Clouds During the Aug. 6 Storm?

Remember the August 6 storm that moved through the St. Michael and Albertville area?

The unique cloud formations prompted a flurry of photos from St. Michael Patch readers – and questions whether a funnel cloud appeared in the area.

After taking a look at the pictures, National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Todd Krause recently told Patch in an email, “In this case, the cool temps near the surface (in the wake of the earlier batch of storms) protected the area and kept the funnels from touching down.”

Following the Aug. 6 storm, the National Weather Service stated “a supercell thunderstorm moved across central Minnesota into western Wisconsin and produced a long swath of severe weather. A supercell is a very strong thunderstorm that has a rotating updraft. They are able to sustain themselves for several hours, and produce large hail and damaging winds.”

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