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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 ...
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California's wild winter storm could generate waterspouts off the Central Coast, with the potential to move onshore and form small tornadoes in western Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties ...
National Weather Service. ... There was also a special alert issued for a possible water spout on San Francisco Bay in the area of the Bay Bridge that expired ten minutes after the tornado warning.
Because of this lower depth, smaller size, and weaker intensity, landspouts are rarely detected by Doppler weather radar (NWS). [ 5 ] Landspouts share a strong resemblance and development process to that of waterspouts , usually taking the form of a translucent and highly laminar helical tube.
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
A water spout was reportedly spotted off the coast of Pensacola around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, marking the second spout seen in a week.
A waterspout is defined by the National Weather Service as a tornado over water. However, researchers typically distinguish "fair weather" waterspouts from tornadic (i.e. associated with a mesocyclone) waterspouts. Fair weather waterspouts are less severe but far more common, and are similar to dust devils and landspouts.