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The south coast tornado was a tornadic waterspout spawned by a supercell thunderstorm off the south coast of New South Wales on 26 December 2001, during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The tornado passed very close to the yacht Nicorette II , which was severely damaged but able to complete the race with a spare mainsail .
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 ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
Footage captures the terrifying moment a freak waterspout tornado flipped over a boat, leaving two people missing and six injured in Thailand. The ferry was returning from taking passengers whale ...
A landspout is similar to a tornado, but the circulation from the funnel starts at ground level and is pulled up into towering cumulus clouds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Roofs were severely damaged or destroyed. 8 were injured. 1 person was injured by a large F1 tornado that started as a waterspout and hit land in Salerno, Italy. 2 schools were damaged in Albertslund, Denmark, associated with a high-end F1 tornado. Well constructed roofs saw severe roof tile loss, and a roof of a small home was ripped off.
The same tornado also damaged and moved cars, snapped or uprooted trees, destroyed benches, and caused roof damage to structures. Ten minutes after the F1 tornado, another waterspout came ashore in Praia a Mare and caused F0 level damage to beach signs and a beach facility, as well as downing a tree and damaging a roof. A total of four ...
[1] [2] [3] A tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the surface and a cumuliform cloud base. Tornado formation is caused by the stretching and aggregating/merging of environmental and/or storm-induced vorticity that tightens into an intense vortex. There are various ways this may come about and thus various forms and sub ...