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Water spouts. WATER SPOUTS. By Samuel Moseley Mr. Sheppard2nd block. Facts about water spouts. http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/c-k/waterspouts/wea. How it happens. Water spouts become water spouts when a tornado touches water Water spouts are size of a tornado or smaller.
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Water spouts WATER SPOUTS By Samuel Moseley Mr. Sheppard2nd block
Facts about water spouts • http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/c-k/waterspouts/wea
How 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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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