Tim Williams sent us these pictures from Oakwood Hills, Ill., just east of Crystal Lake. He tells us:
"I am a trained weather spotter and these had considerable rotation. I was on the southwest corner of the storm. The photo with the tree line looks to have a small funnel located just above the tree line in the middle. I didn't notice until I saw the photo."
Thanks Tim for sharing these great pictures with us!
Photos courtesy of Tim Williams, McHenry County
"I am a trained weather spotter and these had considerable rotation. I was on the southwest corner of the storm. The photo with the tree line looks to have a small funnel located just above the tree line in the middle. I didn't notice until I saw the photo."
Thanks Tim for sharing these great pictures with us!
Photos courtesy of Tim Williams, McHenry County
There is no funnel cloud in the pictures you have shown. First it appears your pictures are from in front of the storm. What the pictures appear to be of is the shelf cloud from this storm. The shelf cloud is a very turbulent area of a storm and often get a lot of funnel cloud reports. Funnel clouds and tornadoes are rare on in the front of a storm and usually are associated with strong/severe squall lines and derecho's