A funnel cloud was spotted near Vacaville in Solano County on Wednesday as thunderstorms struck parts of the Bay Area.
ABC7 Bay Area Digital StaffA funnel cloud is a tight rotating column of air that never reaches the ground.Just after 11 a.m. Thursday, a funnel cloud was reported near the town of Two Rock in Sonoma County - about 15 minutes west of Petaluma.A tornado on the other hand, is when that rotating column of air, and that tight circulation reaches the ground - and it then can cause damage.
So a funnel cloud stays up in the sky, and it doesn't become a tornado until it actually reaches the ground.
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