Fictional Application of Ring-Vortex

[Misericorde]

I've asked a few question here pertaining to an ongoing bit of writing in the fictional genres, and this is another. Given the fictional nature, two things I DON'T need are:

People thinking this is a serious question about real-world applications.
The assumption that, "just write what you want," is what I'm looking for.

We're all familiar with smoke rings, and most are probably familiar with the toy 'Airzooka'. I understand the physics behind this, and micro bursts, but I'm curious if this kind of phenomena could be used in place of a shaped charge to drive a non-compressible substance as a kind of non-lethal OR highly destructive manner?

To be a little looser, using means that have no relevance to physical reality, could the mechanism behind a micro burst be used as a fairly transient means to blast a person, group of people, or structure(s)? Beyond that, could there be an extension into MHD of the ball lightning variety, and furthermore could such a transient vortex act to accelerate and aim a "projectile" of water or some other relatively dense material?

I appreciate any and all help regarding thing, and again, I realize that the real world application requires "machines" on the scale of weather phenomenon, or very large elastic structures driving great quantities to what still amounts to a modest effect.

 

[boneh3ad]

Similar microbursts do, in fact, occur naturally in some severe thunderstorms and have been known to level city blocks much like a tornado (save the fact that the damage is generally outward rather than inward) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst). In other words, yes, it is conceivable to harness the concept to push or damage objects assuming you could generate the required disturbance.