Examples of funnel cloud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Simpson said a funnel cloud must touch the ground to be classified as a tornado, and there were no reports of the storm touching down as of about 6:15 p.m. — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2021 The biggest threats are heavy rainfall and localized flooding, but there’s a possibility of a funnel cloud, gusty winds and lightning with the most intense storm cells. — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2021 Video taken from a highway toll booth showed a large funnel cloud roaring through Burlington on Wednesday. — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2021 Most dramatic was the damage a tornado wrought on Annapolis — not a typical place for a funnel cloud to appear. — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021 Not long into the flight, a funnel cloud blew out his canopy. — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021 Its centerpiece is a 40-foot mock tornado that swirls in a vapor imitation of a funnel cloud and towers over the museum’s main level. — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2021 Winds in a microburst can reach 100 mph, equaling the force of an F-1 tornado, but without the formation of a funnel cloud. — Maria Eberhart, baltimoresun.com, 8 July 2021 The spinning funnel cloud comes from air movement up and down. — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2021

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