The base of the wall cloud is very low. It appears something is trying to happen, but the contrast isn't good, with hazy skies. That's not good, and we watch it for a few more minutes before I decide we better get east of the storm to watch it. But we can't see very well because a hill is in the way. As we watch, we seem to see something in the storm where the meso is, but we aren't sure of what.
Video shows a white cone to the ground, faint, but it's there.
The problem is that I can't tell if that's a weird hail shaft or a nice looking tornado. I don't count it as such, but then we hear numerous spotters northeast of it saying they have a cone tornado all the way to the ground. It was confirmed, but I still won't call it such for us until I have others look at our tape. In-cloud and cloud to ground lightning is becoming very frequent with powerful bolts in and around the mesocyclone. We fly north when suddenly, the cell phone rings.