COBB COUNTY, Ga. — If you saw a large, funnel-looking cloud in the sky over metro Atlanta on Tuesday night, no, you didn’t spot a tornado.
We’ve heard from several Channel 2 Action News viewers who saw the cloud, many of whom were at Truist Park.
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Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says what you saw was a scud cloud.
While it might be a little scary-looking, Nitz says a scud cloud is completely harmless.
He says a scud cloud forms from warm, moist air rising during a thunderstorm. Air condenses very close to the ground, below the cloud deck, creating a vertically stretched cloud.
Nitz says that the key to recognizing a scud cloud over a tornado is that it’s not rotating.
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