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funnel cloud [′fən·əl ‚klau̇d] (meteorology) The popular term for the tornado cloud, often shaped like a funnel with the small end nearest the ground. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The controllers say the radios allow them to monitor tornado funnel clouds, but the FAA says controllers already have access to a "large amount" of weather information. They cease to be so only when societal pressure (husbands, mothers, best friends, the media) causes them to question the readouts, to deny the evidence of a serious storm, to disregard the 200 mph winds and circling funnel clouds. So far this week, two funnel clouds have been spotted in the southern Willamette Valley northeast of Eugene - one Monday and another Wednesday - but neither became a full-fledged tornado, and officials of the National Weather Service say it's not an uncommon weather phenomenon this time of year. |
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