The brief life of a funnel cloud over Dalhart, Texas on July 02,
2004:
c. 6.50pm: Sheridan spots a funnel forming in the wall cloud of
a strong thunderstorm:
c. 6.55pm: the funnel grows longer...
...and a close-up shows a very thin "tail" reaching
for earth:
c. 7.00pm: we move to the edge of town for a better look:
... and within a minute there are two more funnels trying to form
(the third one is out-of-picture to the right, - it diminished
quite quickly):
c. 7.05pm: the following sequence spans about five minutes, during
which time the funnel twice seemed to head downwards but could
not sustain itself, and retreated back upwards:
c. 7.15pm: it seemed stuck in this shape for a while, and this
is how we left it:
