Residents spotted quite the sight in the skies over Brantford, Ontario, on Saturday afternoon as a thick funnel cloud spun over the community during a thunderstorm.
Scattered thunderstorms spread over southern Ontario on Saturday as a disturbance swung through the region. This is the first measurable rain many communities in the area have seen in more than a week—putting an end to the region’s longest dry streak of 2024.
The funnel-spawning thunderstorm moved over Brantford around 5:45 p.m. local time, one in a group of heavy storms that pushed across southwestern Ontario through the afternoon hours.
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A funnel cloud is a rotating column of air that extends beneath the base of a shower or thunderstorm, but doesn’t come in contact with the ground. Funnel clouds can develop from the base of rapidly growing thunderstorms like the ones we saw on Saturday.
Take a look at some of the views residents around Brantford saw during Saturday’s storm, below.
Header image submitted by Ryan.