Funnel clouds form over Windsor Monday, but no reports of a touch-down

Something in the sky had people in Windsor nervously grabbing their cameras.

The ominous clouds was seen over the south and east ends of the city, just before 4 p.m. on Monday.

Environment Canada had no reports of funnel clouds touching the ground, and it never issued any weather watches or warnings.

Meteorologist Gerald Cheng saidthese types of funnel clouds are benign.

Funnel cloud sighting in Chatham-Kent Monday

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Tracey Sauer spotted a funnel cloud Monday afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. in Chatham-Kent.

"They are harmless as long as they don't touch the ground, and that's what we want to stress, because if they stay aloft, then they are ominous-looking, but they're not really causing impact," she said.

Chang said if people are sighting funnel clouds, they should upload them to social media with the hashtag #ONstorm. And if there are reports of them touching ground, Environment Canada wants to know.

Funnel clouds were also seen in Chatham-Kent.

South Windsor funnel cloud sighting

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Amy Lynn saw a funnel cloud in the south Windsor area on Monday afternoon.