funnel cloud
noun
: a funnel-shaped cloud that projects from the base of a thundercloud and that often precedes the formation of a tornado
also
: tornado sense 1a
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Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Footage taken by residents shows a funnel cloud forming in the sky in Rolling Fork.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
In addition, a few of the more intense showers and thunderstorms could produce funnel clouds.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Gehring said a slow-moving front that moved through Milwaukee on Sunday was stuck off the shore and started producing funnel clouds, and the NWS received reports of waterspouts.
Waterspouts can move onshore, at which point NWS may issue a tornado warning.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2024
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Footage taken by residents shows a funnel cloud forming in the sky in Rolling Fork.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
In addition, a few of the more intense showers and thunderstorms could produce funnel clouds.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Gehring said a slow-moving front that moved through Milwaukee on Sunday was stuck off the shore and started producing funnel clouds, and the NWS received reports of waterspouts.
Waterspouts can move onshore, at which point NWS may issue a tornado warning.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Funnel cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funnel%20cloud. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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