Photos and video capture rare high altitude funnel cloud near Pikes Peak

When visiting an elevation of 14,114 feet you can expect to see a wide variety of weather conditions. However funnel clouds are not a phenomena normally associated with the rarified air at the top of Pikes Peak yet visitors were able to spot one yesterday.  Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com with video and details on previous high altitude tornadoes in Colorado.

A rare high altitude funnel cloud appeared near Colorado's Pikes Peak on Saturday, July 13, 2013.
A rare high altitude funnel cloud appeared near Colorado’s Pikes Peak on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Photo credit: Jake Lueders

 

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