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What is a Waterspout? As defined at Wikipedia, a waterspout is a intense columnar vortex that appears over a body of water, It's most often connected with a cumuliform cloud. It's something like a tornado over water. Two types exist: Tornadic These are known as "Tornadoes Over Water" and are formed during a weather process that is similar to land-based tornadoes. If a tornado starts on land and then migrates over water, it is still referred to as a Tornadic waterspout, once it's over water. Non-tornadic If a waterspout is not associated with a rotating updraft caused by a supercell thunderstorm, then it is considered to be non-tornadic in nature. It's also known as a "fair-weather waterspout" These occur in coastal waters and rarely register beyond F0 on the Fujita scale. Waterspouts present a serious hazard to mariners, aviators, and swimmers in their path. A special type of marine warning accompanies them if/when the National Weather Service catches up to them.

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Contributed by Steven W Johnson on March 29, 2008, at 3:40 PM UTC.

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