Funnel Cloud Spotted in Port Allen

No official reports of damage quite yet

By Jesse Gunkel - Chief Meteorologist
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 1:54pm

POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST AFFECTING EAST
BATON ROUGE PARISH...

AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS NEAR BAKER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GREENWELL
SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF WEAK FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE
BATON ROUGE AREA WITH THESE SHOWERS. THE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE NOT
TOUCHED DOWN...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALOFT

Photo taken by Brad Taylor

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