Funnel Cloud, Phillips
- When
- June 29, 10:20 AM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, 19.01 mi SSW of Sun Prairie
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.640, -107.870
Public reported a cold air funnel.
Funnel Clouds in Montana, June 29, 2018
Behind the cold front from the day before, the elevated dynamics of the recent active storm system had some lingering effects into the late morning hours of the 29th, as a few cold air funnels were spotted in Phillips and Sheridan Counties.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 GGW wrote it up.
Behind the cold front from the day before, the elevated dynamics of the recent active storm system had some lingering effects into the late morning hours of the 29th, as a few cold air funnels were spotted in Phillips and Sheridan Counties.
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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 8:04 AM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:04 AM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 904 AM MDT Fri Jun 29 2018 .DISCUSSION... Updated mainly the pops/weather this morning to account for the showers moving northeast through the north-central areas of the CWA. Instability will be elevated today in most places as lower layers are cool and to remain so into the afternoon hours. Going high temp forecast cool, with temps in the 60s to low 70s expected. TFJ Previous Discussion... Cold front and stronger thunderstorms have moved into North Dakota early this morning. Upper trof will slowly drift east through the weekend, although broadly cyclonic flow will remain until early next week when an upper low drops into the Pacific Northwest from the Gulf of Alaska. Cooler and unsettle weather is expected for the next few days with the upper trof overhead. Showers and thunderstorms will be lifting north as the flow flattens out by Sunday. Drier and warmer weather with temperatures rising into the 80s returns for next week. While upper low settles over the Pacific Northwest, ridge will build toward the Great Lakes. Southwest flow will pump warm air into the northern plains, but moisture off the Pacific will mostly be into western Montana. Ebert && .AVIATION... Mostly VFR conditions are expected today, although brief MVFR ceilings are possible with showers moving across the region. A few thunderstorms could occur, and drops in visibility are possible with heavier rain. && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && weather.gov/glasgow
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:22 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Sheridan
- When
- June 29, 10:30 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 0.45 mi W of Westby
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.870, -104.060
Public reported multiple cold air funnels.
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
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- Tornado in Florida, June 29, 2018
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- Excessive Heat and Heat in Wisconsin, June 29 to 30, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 29, 2018
- Heat in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 2018
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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: 766637, 766638.