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Funnel Cloud Sighted At Midway Airport

Matthew Reynolds captures "rotating mass of air" over Midway Airport during Monday's storms.

Caption: “Rotating mass of air” looking north toward Midway Airport from 87th Street and Cicero Avenue. | Matthew Reynolds

The National Weather Service reported a funnel cloud that briefly hung around Midway Airport during Monday’s heavy storms. The funnel cloud began at 5 p.m. and ended at 5:15 p.m.

NWS meteorologist Paul Merzlock said the funnel cloud began and ended about one mile east of the airport.

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Matthew Reynolds took this stunning photo of a “rotating mass of air” looking north toward Midway around the time the funnel cloud was sighted from Cicero Avenue and 87th Street.

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