funnel cloud

noun

1. a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.

funnel cloud

noun

1. a whirling column of cloud extending downwards from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud: part of a waterspout or tornado

Example Sentences

The funnel cloud continued stretching downward.

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More of the countryside came into view with each spin around the funnel cloud.

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“I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a report or two of a funnel cloud or even a waterspout,” he said.

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The tornado comes less than a day after a funnel cloud briefly touched down in the county of Madera, about 30 minutes north of Fresno.

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In Ventura County, video footage captured a funnel cloud swirling over the foothills in Santa Paula.

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