MORAN — Dorothy Sparks did a double-take Monday evening.
She and other spectators were watching a Moran Recreation League ball game at the city park, when a youngster noted what appeared to be a tornado dipping from an overhead bank of clouds.
While the distinctive funnel appeared all the world like a tornado, it was instead a harmless cold funnel, noted Allen County Emergency Management Director Jason Trego on his department’s Facebook page.
A cold funnel is when a spiraling gust of cold air pierces through a cloud, giving a definite tornado-like appearance.
Sparks noted the funnel rapidly retreated back into the clouds and didn’t descend again.
