WeatherMatrix Member Glenford Pennington took this shot of a funnel cloud in downtown New York City on May 31, 2002. He says: "This picture was taken from the corner of West Street & 14th Street in Manhattan (New York County, NY) looking north. No, this isn't Kansas."

Click on the small photo at left to see the fullsize version. (C) 2002 Glenford Pennington.

The National Weather Service also received the following storm report that day: "0818 PM SCARSDALE NY 05/31/02 WESTCHESTER FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY POLICE". Scarsdale is a suburb of New York City, to the north. NYC Meteorologist and Weathermatrix Member Larry Cosgrove also confirms that this was, in fact, a funnel cloud with multiple reports from reputable weather observers including himself. A group of meteorologists at NWS-SEA headed up by Weathermatrix Member Michael Snyder disagrees, maintaining that the photo itself has clues that it is NOT a funnel cloud.