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    A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water. Some are connected to a cumulus...
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    tornadic waterspout makes landfall it is reclassified as a tornado, which can subsequently cause damage to areas inland. When a fair weather waterspout makes...
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    clouds can often be mistaken for a developing tornado, landspout, or waterspout. The difference is determinable by observing the presence or absence of...
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    Tornado (section Waterspout)
    tornadoes include the multiple-vortex tornado, landspout, and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind current, connecting...
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    The landspout was so named because it looks like "a weak Florida Keys waterspout over land." Landspouts are typically weaker than mesocyclone-associated...
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    Cyclone (section Waterspout)
    as warm core cyclones over land, and can lead to tornado formation. Waterspouts can also form from mesocyclones, but more often develop from environments...
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    Stronger thunderstorm cells are capable of producing tornadoes and waterspouts. There are three types of thunderstorms: single-cell, multi-cell, and...
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  • thunderstorm Mesocyclone Supercell Tornado Anticyclonic tornado Landspout Waterspout Dust devil Fire whirl Anticyclone Cyclone Polar low Extratropical cyclone...
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    notable. Tornadogenesis can occur because of a supercell thunderstorm, a waterspout, a landspout, or a fire whirl, and can happen in any month of the year...
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    Panhandle. In the early morning hours of January 9, a powerful tornadic waterspout formed offshore of Panama City Beach, Florida and moved inland at EF3...
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  • "whirlwind" or "twister") Landspout Gustnado, a "gust front tornado" Waterspout Winter storms Wind gust Windstorm Gust front Heat lightning Zud, widespread...
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    in many countries throughout history. One hypothesis is that tornadic waterspouts sometimes pick up creatures such as fish or frogs, and carry them for...
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  • Chatterjee, Swasti (3 June 2020). "News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga". BOOM. Retrieved 10 July 2023. "Media misreport: Viral...
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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...
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    Adeline Wesner. Zee said she chose to be a meteorologist because "I saw a waterspout on Lake Michigan when I was eight... I was mesmerized. I really thought...
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  • comedy disaster film directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. It tells about a waterspout that lifts sharks out of the ocean and deposits them in Los Angeles. It...
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    morning hours of January 16, most of which were the result of tornadic waterspouts moving onshore. A strong EF2 tornado caused major damage to three mobile...
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  • (3): 287–301. Bibcode:1998ProfG..50..287P. doi:10.1111/0033-0124.00121. Waterspout on the starboard bow Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Accessed...
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    tornadoes on record worldwide, killing at least 600 people. It began as a waterspout, hitting the Grand Harbour of Malta where it killed hundreds of people...
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    grotesques in architecture existed to amplify the traditionally dull waterspouts that existed on buildings throughout the Medieval and Renaissance time...
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  • of a spider as it ascends, descends, and re-ascends the downspout or "waterspout" of a gutter system or open-air reservoir. It is usually accompanied by...
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    thunderstorm Mesocyclone Supercell Tornado Anticyclonic tornado Landspout Waterspout Dust devil Fire whirl Anticyclone Cyclone Polar low Extratropical cyclone...
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    Proposal) (1934–1936) Kaksi kuningatarta (The Two Queens') Ballet The Waterspout (Vesipatsas) Le ballet grotesque Isolammi, Hanna (17 June 2019). Väinö...
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    A downspout, waterspout, downpipe, drain spout, drainpipe, roof drain pipe, or leader is a pipe for carrying rainwater from a rain gutter. The purpose...
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    source. Waterspouts are defined as tornadoes over water. However, while some waterspouts are supercellular (also known as "tornadic waterspouts"), forming...
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    or garguglia, when it has a grotesque shape. When not constructed as a waterspout and only serving an ornamental or artistic function, the technical term...
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    Florida leads the United States in tornadoes per area (when including waterspouts), but they do not typically reach the intensity of those in the Midwest...
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    thunderstorm Mesocyclone Supercell Tornado Anticyclonic tornado Landspout Waterspout Dust devil Fire whirl Anticyclone Cyclone Polar low Extratropical cyclone...
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  • (Cordele (Apr. 3, EF1)) 07:49–07:56 5.55 mi (8.93 km) 300 yd (270 m) A waterspout began over Lake Blackshear and moved ashore, damaging numerous trees on...
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    received, a tornadic waterspout formed off the coast of Oahu during the morning of March 9, 2012. Non-supercellular waterspouts are not uncommon (the...
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