Tornadoes--some powerful, some photogenic--are the ultimate result of potent supercells. Few people realize that the tornado is a column of air which starts rotating miles above the ground in the parent storm. When it touches down to the ground, the column of air may (or may not) have a condensation funnel visible from the cloud to the ground. Often, a funnel is seen with a debris cloud at ground level and "clear air" between the two. This is still a tornado and is just as potentially deadly as tornadoes with condensation funnels that reach the ground. Humidity, height of the cloud base, etc, all have effects on how visible the condensation funnel becomes. But people in their paths should take cover no matter how "benign" the appearance is. Remember that tornadoes are columns of AIR and not cloud.


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