Great Example of a False Tornado - will you be fooled?  Severe
weather spotters know that they can observe a false tornado or a
false funnel cloud, that is, they will eventually see a funnel-
shaped cloud feature that appears to be funnel cloud, or even a
tornado.  Jerry Verveka, a trained severe weather spotter in the
Briggsville area of Marquette County, took a great picture of a
fase funnel cloud while storms were moving west to east across
Marquette County on July 7, 2008.  Jerry is a member of the
Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association (MASA).  Here's his picture:
false funnel cloud  Jerry indicated that the false tornado in
the picture above showed absolutely no signs of rotation on a
vertical axis.  It sure looks like a tornado, doesn't it?  He
mentioned that the cloud fragments that comprised the false
tornado were rising up into the base of the thunderstorm - in
other words - into the updraft tower.  Thunderstorms have two
main parts: an updraft tower and a downdraft tower (where the
rain, hail, and gust