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Jennings — who is triple-majoring in environmental science, marine science and biology — said he was heading to his car when he saw the funnel cloud form. "It was absolutely scary," he recalled.

And what forecasters dub a "triple-dip ... number of tornadoes on an annual basis, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Here, you can see a funnel cloud forming ...

Waterspouts are tornadoes, except occurring over the water. Tornadoes may be rare for us, but funnel clouds are not. While they are infrequent, the Pacific Northwest often has the right weather ...

Another video captured by Eric Ford shows a funnel touching the ground and debris swept up by strong winds around Stones Crossing. Footage by Luke Hatton shows a tornado sweeping through New ...

Douglas County emergency management was warning people to take shelter for fear of tornadoes in the area on ... police officers also reported seeing funnel clouds near Bob Billings Parkway and ...

(KATU) — The National Weather Service in Portland says a funnel cloud was spotted near ... so confidence is high this was not a tornado." ...

In a tornado, a damaging circulation is on the ground, whether or not the cloud is, but a funnel cloud rotates with no ground contact, according to NOAA. Tornadoes can happen without a funnel ...

But for Austin and Hailey Bode, some of the pictures from their wedding day also include an unusual sight: a tornado funnel. The couple was married July 20 in Norfolk, Nebraska, coincidentally the ...

According to data from the NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the region sees the most tornadoes and funnel clouds in April, May, June, and then again in September ...