Summary of 7/10/00 funnel cloud event:Cold air aloft, a moist and unstable airmass at the surface, and a cold front draped across the area, combined to produce numerous funnel clouds across portions of central and eastern Iowa, into northern Illinois during the afternoon and early evening hours. There were no touchdowns, and no injuries or damage reported.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Summary of 7/10/00 funnel cloud event:Cold air aloft, a moist and unstable airmass at the surface, and a cold front draped across the area, combined to produce numerous funnel clouds across portions of central and eastern Iowa, into northern Illinois during the afternoon and early evening hours. There were no touchdowns, and no injuries or damage reported.
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud southwest of Princeton.
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