The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile wide.
If the funnel cloud touches down at sea we get what is known as a waterspout.
WSB-TV in Atlanta aired footage of an enormous funnel cloud bearing down on Adairsville.
In video of the storm, the dark funnel cloud could be seen marching slowly across the green landscape.
Footage showed a funnel cloud tearing through the Georgian town of Adairsville, 60 miles (97km) north-west of Atlanta.
People who have observed a funnel cloud passing overhead have described the sound as similar to buzzing bees or a rushing waterfall-like sound.
When an appraisal results in a value that is less than what the buyer and seller agreed to, several issues begin to swirl into a potential funnel cloud.
The love songs on Middle Cyclone are also unconventional: The opening track, "This Tornado Loves You, " imagines what it would be like to have an affair with a funnel cloud.
If a funnel cloud touches the ground it is generally regarded as a tornado and could lift debris and even cause some minor damage on the ground - depending on the strength of convection within the cloud.
In Nashville, the weather service listed dozens of damage reports across the region: a funnel cloud was reported early Wednesday in Jackson County, there were dozens of reports of downed trees and power lines, and law enforcement reported damage to homes and businesses.
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Funnel clouds look like cone-shaped or thin rope-like protuberances which hang down from the cloud base, and often do not last very long.
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