Funnel Cloud, Jasper
- When
- July 19, 11:12 AM CST to 11:13 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Rensselaer
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -87.150
Funnel Cloud in Indiana, July 19, 2009
A cold air funnel cloud was reported near Rensselaer Indiana during the early afternoon of July 19th. No touch downs were reported.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 LOT wrote it up.
A cold air funnel cloud was reported near Rensselaer Indiana during the early afternoon of July 19th. No touch downs were reported.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 11:09 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 11:09 AM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1209 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 .DISCUSSION... 1209 PM CDT FIRED OFF A QUICK UPDATE TO LOWER PRECIP CHANCES TO BELOW MENTIONABLE THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL BUT FAR EASTERN CWA. UPPER VORT CONTINUED TO PIVOT SE ACROSS THE REGION WITH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION NOTED IN MORNING SOUNDINGS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FEATURE CAPPING OFF CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...THUS LEAVING CHANCES FOR ANY SHOWER DEVELOPMENT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TOO LOW TO MENTION TODAY. ISOLD SHOWERS OVER OUR FAR EASTERN COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. IZZI && .PREV DISCUSSION... 331 AM CDT THE 850 MB 00 UTC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE AIR AT THAT LEVEL A LITTLE WARMER THAN 00 UTC SATURDAY. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MOISTURE AS SEEN ON THE SOUNDING AT DAVENPORT. THE AIR AT 700 MB LEVEL HAS BECOME DRIER. A CIRCULATION CAN BE SEEN ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING INTO EASTERN IOWA FROM MINNESOTA SINCE 1945 UTC SATURDAY. SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION IS SEEN ON THE 500 MB 00 UTC ANALYSIS. THE LAYER OF MOIST AIR...800 TO 850 MB IS MAINTAINED BY THE NAM MODEL THROUGH 18 UTC TODAY. THE GFS MODEL LOWERS THE DEW POINT IN THE LAYER BETWEEN 800 AND 850 MB. BOTH MODELS SHOW A LARGE LAPSE RATE BELOW 850 MB. SO WE EXPECT CLOUDS TODAY. THE CIRCULATION SEEN ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AS A VORTICITY MAXIMUM. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL MAKE THE LONG WAVE TROUGH MORE MERIDIONAL PUSHING THE 5760 METER LINE TO TENNESSEE. A VORTICITY MAXIMUM WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WE WILL FORECAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF OUR FORECAST AREA. WE WILL KEEP THE SHOWERS FORECAST IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING FROM THE SUN AND MAXIMUM INSTABILITY BELOW 8500 MB. THE MOS GUIDANCE HAD AN TEMPERATURE ERROR OF AROUND 1 TO 2 DEGREES HIGHER FOR THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA EXCEPT IN MC HENRY COUNTY WHERE THE ERROR WAS 5 DEGREES HIGHER. WE WILL USE THE MOS GUIDANCE TODAY AND ADJUST THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES. THE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE 84 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND 63 FOR A LOW TEMPERATURE IN CHICAGO AND 84 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND 63 FOR A LOW TEMPERATURE IN ROCKFORD. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A 500 MB RIDGE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS IS FROM THE ECMWF AND GFS MODELS. THE WIND AT 850 MB WILL BECOME SOUTH MONDAY AND INCREASE IN SPEED TUESDAY. WE WILL FORECAST WARMER WEATHER. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE AREA WILL BE IN A PERIOD OF WHERE THERE WILL BE A LARGE UPPER AIR LOW IN ONTARIO. WE WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS UPPER AIR LOW WILL NOT EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE ONE THIS WEEKEND SO WE EXPECT THE TEMPERATURE TO BE CLOSER TO THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FOR JULY. && .AVIATION... 620 AM CDT 1200 UTC TAFS...MAIN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC LIFTS NORTH- NORTHEAST TODAY WHILE A COMPACT MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW EVIDENT IN SATELLITE LOOPS DROPPING SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 06Z GFS STARTING TO PICK UP ON THIS FEATURE AND ITS MOS POP UP TO 28 PERCENT THOUGH STILL UNDERPLAYING COOL MID LEVEL TEMPS AND RESULTING STEEP LAPSE RATES OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONTINUE TO USE NAM SOLUTION AS THIS MODEL HAS DONE BETTER IN RECOGNIZING THE SMALL SCALE MID LEVEL LOW AND MOVES THIS LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD. WEAK SURFACE LOW REFLECTION OF UPPER FEATURE THAT WAS IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLIER NO LONGER APPARENT. GIVEN WEAK SYNOPTIC SURFACE PATTERN AND LAKE INFLUENCE COMING INTO PLAY HAVE JUST LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATER AFTERNOON. SKY TO CLEAR BOTH DIURNALLY AND AS RIDGING SURFACE AND ALOFT SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. TRS && .MARINE... 300 AM CDT A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OZARKS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AS THIS HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...AND CONTINUE SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT. WEAK SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW BECOMES SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY MONDAY AS THE HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND BY LATE IN THE DAY WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA. THE LOW WEAKENS AS IT CONTINUES SLOWLY EASTWARD...CROSSING FROM MANITOBA INTO ONTARIO DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LEADING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW AND CURVING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST BACK ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS WEAKENS AND DISSIPATES SO WINDS VEER TO SOUTHWEST AS THE LOW TRACKS INTO ONTARIO BUT THE REMAIN LIGHT. A MORE SUBSTANTIAL COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL SHIFT WINDS TO OUT OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN BY SATURDAY MORNING THOUGH WINDS APPEAR WILL BE NO MORE THAN A FRESH BREEZE TRS && .LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. LM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 9:46 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 201600- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 /1146 AM EDT SUN JUL 19 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING AT LEAST PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-201600- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING AT LEAST PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-201600- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TOW RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 1046 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A WATERSPOUT OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE OPEN WATERS OF THE LAKE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING AT LEAST PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO IZZI
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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More
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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: 186165.