Waterspouts Hit a Yacht Race Down Under (12/27/01)
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The Great Waterspout in Vineyard Sound, August 19, 1896. Second spout
of the storm Photograph taken from Cottage City at 1:02
P.M. In Monthly Weather Review, July 1906, p. 356. Figure
27 (NOAA Photo Library) |
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A waterspout off the Florida Keys photographed from an aircraft. Location: Florida Keys, Florida Photo Date: 1969 September 10 Photographer: Dr. Joseph Golden, NOAA (NOAA Photo Library) |
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Mature stage of waterspout with contracting spiral pattern. Location: Florida Keys, Florida Photo Date: 1969 September 10 Photographer: Dr. Joseph Golden, NOAA (NOAA Photo Library) |
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Location: offshore from Albania on a ferry between Greece and Italy, Adriatic Sea Photo Date: 1999 August Photographer: Robert Giudici (http://www.astrogeo.va.it/immagini/cielo/giudici.htm) |
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sailing vessel in peril from multiple waterspouts. In "Les Meteores", Margolle et Zurcher, 3rd Edition, 1869. |
Waterspouts (NOAA/National Weather Service Office, Key West, Florida).
Waterspouts (Bruce B. Smith, Meteorologist Science and Operations Officer, NWS Gaylord, Michigan)
Concepts of Severe Storm Spotting: How to identify waterspouts and tornadoes in the field. (NOAA/National Weather Service Office, Key West, Florida)
Waterspouts on Lake Tahoe: Includes pictures and a scientific article on these particular waterspouts.
Boater's safety during waterspouts and other links (USA Today)
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Last update: 2 January 2002
Number of hits:
(initiated 3/21/01).