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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. Vortex or tornado occurring over a body of water For a pipe carrying water from a roof, see Downspout. For regrowth on trees, see Water sprout. For the performance act of regurgitating fluids, see Water spouting. A waterspout near Thailand in 2016 Part of a series on Weather Temperate ...
Waterspouts are generally defined as tornadoes or non-supercell tornadoes that develop over bodies of water. [26] Waterspouts typically do not do much damage because they occur over open water, but they are capable of traveling over land. Vegetation, weakly constructed buildings, and other infrastructure may be damaged or destroyed by waterspouts.
The parent cloud does not contain a preexisting mid-level mesocyclone. The landspout was so named because it looks like "a weak Florida Keys waterspout over land." [4] Landspouts are typically weaker than mesocyclone-associated tornadoes spawned within supercell thunderstorms, in which the strongest tornadoes form.
Waterspouts could form off the coasts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with the potential to move onshore and form small tornadoes. ... Those in turn could generate the dangerous ...
The National Weather Service says a “waterspout is a rotating column of cloud-filled wind that descends from a cumulus cloud over a body of water. They can last from 2 to 20 minutes and move at ...
A waterspout churns in the distance while lightning strikes near Vancouver International Airport on Saturday, November 6, 2021. (Image credit: Sean David via Storyful)
Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado, landspout, and waterspout. Other tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirl, and steam devil. Most tornadoes occur in North America (in the United States and Canada), concentrated in a region nicknamed the Tornado Alley. Tornadoes also ...
A dramatic video recorded in British Columbia, Canada shows a swirling waterspout spinning across the water while a massive wildfire scorches the landscape in the background.