As we move into the summer months, we enter waterspout season. Waterspouts can be simply described as tornadoes that form ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — What is a waterspout? The technical definition according to the American Meteorological Society is “any tornado over a body of water." A waterspout was seen Sunday on the ...

In fact, many won’t. Fair weather waterspouts form uniquely with the first indication showing up in the water, not the sky. A dark spot appears on the water in a disc-shape A spiral pattern ...

Tornadic waterspouts form in a very similar way to how regular tornadoes do. We have a rotating thunderstorm, and a vortex that extends down to the surface–in this case, over water–creating ...

Waterspouts are whirling columns of air and water mist above bodies of water and can take two forms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They occur as tornadic ...

A rare waterspout formed over Lake Murray on the afternoon of July 25 as rain blanketed the area. The rotating funnel of water and air — resembling a tornado — took by surprise some lake ...

Weather can be very impressive, and a few visitors to Jamaica experienced this firsthand when a massive waterspout formed in front of them. The clouds were above the choppy water off the coast of ...

The National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains that a waterspout is "a whirling column of air and water mist." They are more common than you ...

And the huge updraft of a waterspout creates an equally fearsome downdraft: that might have pinned the boat in its capsized position, allowing water to flood in. Given the growing consensus among ...

Mathis Bridge. The National Weather Service confirmed the waterspout sighting, which remained above water and caused no damage. Waterspouts have the same characteristics as tornadoes. They occur ...

But some attention has focused on observations by witnesses, who described seeing a small tornado-like column known as a waterspout forming over the water during an abrupt and violent storm as the ...

as it moved through the water. His video was taken from Las Palomas Resort. KGUN 9 Meteorologist Cuyler Diggs viewed the video and confirmed it was a waterspout. He explained it was a rare ...