East Lee County sees funnel cloud Aug. 1

Funnel cloud in SWFL. (CREDIT: WINK News)

A funnel cloud was seen from Fort Myers Shores, Buckingham, and Alva by multiple WINK News viewers around 6:50 p.m. Monday.

Donna Bove McEvoy sent in the picture below.

No confirmation on touchdown.

Below watch the slideshow of funnel cloud pictures sent in by WINK News viewers taken late Monday afternoon.

View of funnel clouds from Riverhall just before 7 p.m. (CREDIT: David Kincaid)

Below is a video of the funnel cloud taken by Cheryl F from Buckingham.

Below are videos of the funnel clouds seen in Alva late Monday afternoon taken by Doug Somers.

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