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Title: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: cato potatoe on August 16, 2022, 11:40:52 pm
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NBC News Channel) – A tornado formed over the Gulf of Mexico off a Florida beach on Tuesday and it was captured on video.

The video was shot at Silver Shells Beach Spa and Resort in Destin, in the Florida Panhandle.

According to Max Defender 8 Weather Team Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist Jeff Berardelli, though the formation is being referred to as a “water spout,” it’s really a tornado over the water, not a typical Florida summer waterspout.

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/tornado-forms-over-water-off-beach-in-destin/
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: mystery-ak on August 16, 2022, 11:49:51 pm
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: Cyber Liberty on August 17, 2022, 12:20:13 am
This was all over Twitter today.
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: Wingnut on August 17, 2022, 12:23:54 am
It was a damn water spout.  Not a tornado. 

People need to get a grip. Jeff Berardelli is a hack.
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: libertybele on August 17, 2022, 12:27:21 am
Quote from: Wingnut on August 17, 2022, 12:23:54 am
It was a damn water spout.  Not a tornado. 

People need to get a grip. Jeff Berardelli is a hack.

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Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: cato potatoe on August 17, 2022, 03:41:37 am
Quote from: Wingnut on August 17, 2022, 12:23:54 am
It was a damn water spout.  Not a tornado. 

Right, but is it a tornadic waterspout?  A couple of articles said it was connected to a rotating thunderstorm (supercell).
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: Cyber Liberty on August 17, 2022, 03:53:08 am
Quote from: cato potatoe on August 17, 2022, 03:41:37 am
Right, but is it a tornadic waterspout?  A couple of articles said it was connected to a rotating thunderstorm (supercell).

They're calling it a "Tornado," because it was an exceptionally large water spout.  A "Super Waterspout?"
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: catfish1957 on August 17, 2022, 04:58:37 am
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 17, 2022, 03:53:08 am
They're calling it a "Tornado," because it was an exceptionally large water spout.  A "Super Waterspout?"

I have seen a couple of dozen water spouts off the the TX/LA gulf coast.  None of them looked that menancing.  They mostly were small rope twisters that were more of a novelty than a major weather event.
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: roamer_1 on August 17, 2022, 05:05:27 am
This is silly, and semantics.

A twister over land  is called a tornado.
A twister over water is called a waterspout.

there are other definitions for smaller versions - a dust devil or a water sprite...
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 17, 2022, 10:55:11 am
Quote from: roamer_1 on August 17, 2022, 05:05:27 am
This is silly, and semantics.

A twister over land  is called a tornado.
A twister over water is called a waterspout.

there are other definitions for smaller versions - a dust devil or a water sprite...
Yep.
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: Wingnut on August 17, 2022, 02:40:52 pm
Up close and personal.  Nice pic of the lil' spout.

(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/299723371_10159561137678127_9102419716252868063_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p843x403&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=XU_LWoF1ZeQAX-Str3f&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AT-2B0mva9APPRpC9jlP8HnloQUr65FhOrN7CPfdOSHN7Q&oe=63027480)
Title: Re: Huge tornado forms over Gulf of Mexico off Destin beach
Post by: GtHawk on August 17, 2022, 04:15:31 pm
Quote from: Wingnut on August 17, 2022, 02:40:52 pm
Up close and personal.  Nice pic of the lil' spout.

(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/299723371_10159561137678127_9102419716252868063_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p843x403&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=XU_LWoF1ZeQAX-Str3f&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AT-2B0mva9APPRpC9jlP8HnloQUr65FhOrN7CPfdOSHN7Q&oe=63027480)
Whatever you call it, I bet it made the people there on the beach pucker up.