GREAT FALLS — Marietta Stringer shared this video with KRTV on Monday, July 21, 2025. It shows a funnel cloud in Glacier County - watch:
The funnel cloud did not develop into a tornado. The main difference between a tornado and funnel cloud is that a funnel cloud does not make contact with the ground, while a tornado has some sort of interaction with the ground.
A funnel cloud will stay aloft, but once it makes contact with the ground it immediately becomes a tornado.
Typical signs of this interaction with the ground includes debris from the ground being brought aloft or dust circulation on the ground.
Last week, Tom Mital sent us a video of a squirrel enjoying lunch at Gibson Pond:
Dan Van Voast sent a video taken by Brent Van Voast, showing storm conditions at 6:13 pm, July 17, about two miles east of Geraldine.
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