A stretch of unstable weather continues for the Prairies after an active night on Friday. Severe weather on Saturday will ...

Beware the risk for severe storms over the next couple of days, and keep up with the latest watches and warnings in your area ...

While tornadoes are possible starting in March and continuing through November, the vast majority of Canada’s twisters touch ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a landspout as a type of tornado ... West Texas doesn’t have to worry about waterspouts, which are landspouts that form on bodies ...

Landspout tornadoes form in a similar manner to waterspouts. This type of tornado forms beneath a developing cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud as rising air stretches and begins rapidly rotating.

“The first landspout tornado was rated an EF-U for ... a dust whirl), and essentially are the land-based equivalents of waterspouts.” The Iowa State University Iowa Environmental Mesonet ...

No injuries were reported. National Weather Service meteorologists cited video on social media that confirms a brief landspout and/or waterspout occurred from 2:11 to 2:12 p.m. near the northern ...

According to the NWS, video via social media confirms a brief landspout and/or waterspout occurred near the northern end of Blue Marsh Lake, although an initial storm survey did not find any ...

It resembles a landspout or possibly a weaker tornado ... Photo: Wayne van der Walt As the name suggests, waterspouts form over bodies of water, often appearing as slender, rope-like funnels.

This limits the energy available to the landspout, so they are typically weaker than a mesocyclone tornado. They're also similar to a waterspout, which is a tornado that forms over water.