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Here is a news report of one of the many funnel clouds that accompanied a late afternoon thunderstorm in near the Cypress area of northwest Houston.

Brief, but severe weather moved through the Houston area Wednesday afternoon. Thunderstorm and tornado warnings were issued for Harris and Montgomery counties through about 5:15 p.m. There were numerous reports of funnel clouds west of Tomball. At least one was sited between FM 2920 and Cypress Rosehill Road. A sheriff’s deputy also reported he saw a funnel cloud touch down briefly. Maureen Pack, a northwest Harris County resident, spoke with 11 News. “It started as kind of a bright white puffball. Was just spinning and spinning and then the tail formed and came down into your typical tornado shaped cloud. The tail got longer and longer and then finally the tail slipped up and made a huge, big, long tail up in the sky and then it dissipated. Pack said the funnel cloud didn’t last very long. “Probably about 45 seconds.” “This is very typical for these afternoon, summertime thunderstorms. We can get these funnel clouds that spin up very quickly and come and go very quickly as well,” said 11 News meteorologist David Paul.
At this point no injuries or damage has been reported.
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I am in the northwest Houston area... I didnt get any type of funnel cloud formation around here.. It did thunder and lightening a little yesterday afternoon, but I guess it got bigger as it moved north... As normal I had to water the grass and flowers last night... No rain here in like 2 weeks! When is it going to rain again? I did see something about possible funnel cloud formations in the forecast today again... Ill have my digital camera ready!! just in case!