Alternate theory on Tornado winds

[RobertEarl]

4. That is true, seemingly

I have seen just two small waterspouts... they came down from the clouds.

Down from the clouds was the visible formation. Something was driving the air down from the clouds.

Downdrafts are a well known and accepted condition in weather formations. What I am proposing is an almost needle like downdraft which is the basis of the tornadoes we see.

Due to the intense nature of the downdraft, an almost vacuum is formed in the cloud which, as you state: "... sucks up all the warm, humid air near the ground up into the storm cloud..."

As this air rises back up to fill in the low pressure in the cloud, it rotates and that is what we see.

This theory is based on the premise of: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

And: What comes down must go up.