The KCRG-TV webcam near Vinton captured a funnel cloud Wednesday afternoon. The IEM has been collecting webcam imagery since 2003 and capturing this cloud formation is not easy as they are small, transient, and difficult to spot. In fact, we've captured more tornadoes than funnel clouds on the webcams over the years. Conditions were favorable for funnel clouds yesterday with a surface boundary (winds changing direction causing spin and convergence) co-located with instability providing accelerated lifting. This particular funnel may have briefly touched down given other photos and reports.

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