- Tornado size versus strength: wide debris cloud and skinny funnel
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- Judging tornado size versus strength. This tornado has a wide debris cloud but very thin condensation funnel. The tornado is weakening but still actively stirring up dirt. The visible funnel string does not represent either the width or strength of the damaging wind circulation. Even though it is tempting to minimize the power or impact of this vortex, based on appearance, it is obvious from the dirt stirred up that damaging winds do not correlate well with the size of a funnel cloud if the air is dry and there is little or no condensation in the spinning column.
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