EC: FUNNEL_CLOUD
Status:
SUBM 2009/06/04
Concept definition:
<
CLOUD
> formed at the core of a waterspout or tornado vortex, sometimes extending right down to the <
PLANETARY_SURFACE
> of the <
EARTH
>, caused by the reduction of <<
ATM_PRESSURE
>> at the centre of the vortex; funnel cloud.
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
WMO306
, Volume I.1, Part A, Code Table 4678, Column 7]
Supplemental references:
[
AWS
, Table 2-6]
Group membership:
ATMOSPHERE
AIRBORNE_PARTICLE
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