Monday, May 28, 2012

Weather Service says Nunda cloud was no tornado

Weather Service says Nunda cloud was no tornado






"A reader shared a photograph taken Monday evening during a thunderstorm in Nunda that shows a cloud formation that resembles a tornado.
A forboding “pillar” is seen extending from a large cloud mass in the sky to the ground, where the pillar disappears behind trees on the horizon.
The image immediately brings to mind “tornado,” but evidence from the National Weather Service suggests the photographer may have instead captured a “scud cloud,” an unusual — though common — cloud formation often found beneath thunderstorms..."

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