The emails came flooding in late Sunday afternoon and early Sunday evening from viewers who've claimed to have seen funnel clouds in the sky, or from those alarmed due to sirens going off in their town. While severe weather was never anticipated, and for the most part, did not occur on Sunday, there were indeed funnel clouds sighted!

Showers that had formed late in the afternoon were generated by the impressive heating that had taken place during the daytime, encouraging parcels of air to rise. The rising air eventually produced clouds and showers. However, the atmosphere was extremely unfavorable for the development of supercell thunderstorms, towering, rotating storms that oftentimes produce severe weather, including tornadoes.

Despite the atmosphere not being favorable for supercell development, there was enough shear present at cloud level to generate a little rotation, and hence, the funnels that were witnessed by many. These funnels are typically based higher in our atmosphere, and rarely touch down. Plus, these are much weaker and are rarely capable of producing damage. That said, they're still to be taken seriously, as they do at times produce minor damage. You're still encouraged to seek shelter if funnels like these are spotted.

So for all those wondering... were there tornadoes??? No. But were there funnel clouds??? Yes.