Funnel Cloud, Linn
- When
- July 10, 3:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, Palo
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.079, -91.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud in the Palo area.
Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 10, 2000
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.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
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 radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
Event by event
3 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Benton
- When
- July 10, 3:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Shellsburg
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -92.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud near Shellsburg.
Funnel Cloud, Scott
- When
- July 10, 5:00 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 1 mi N of Walcott
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.637, -90.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud just north of Walcott.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Heat in South Carolina, July 10, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, July 10 to 15, 2000
- Flood in Minnesota, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Minnesota, July 10 to 13, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 10, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5155421, 5155422, 5155423.