Water spouts

By Samuel Moseley

Mr. Sheppard2nd block

Facts about water spouts

• http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/c-k/waterspouts/wea

How it happensHow it happens

• Water spouts become water spouts when a tornado touches water

• Water spouts are size of a tornado or smaller.

• They almost never cause harm

Things that help create it

• Mesocyclone- vortex of air

• Non super cell funnel cloud

• Precipitation bands

• And water

• http://www.britannica.com/thunderstorms_tornadoes/ocliwea124v4.html

Process

• formation of a dark spot on the water

• spiral pattern on the water surface

• formation of a spray ring,

• development of the visible condensation funnel

• and ultimately decay

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What they look like

Were they form

• Water spouts can form in any particular place that has tornados and water

• Most popularly in the great lakes• Its closely related to dust devils fire

and water spouts

Interesting facts

•Water spouts kill about 4000 sea creatures a year and 1 human every 4 years

•They only last twenty minutes

•The biggest one recorded threw fish 34 miles in land