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a tornado that decided water was more its vibe and never came back.
means A rotating column of air and water vapor that forms over a body of water, essentially a tornado that occurs on or moves over the sea or a lake.
from A plain compound of "water" and "spout," both good old English words. "Spout" goes back to a Middle English verb meaning to gush or spurt, related to Dutch and Low German words for spitting or pouring. So a waterspout was literally a spout of water from the sky — the same sense that named the drainpipe pouring rain off a roof, later borrowed for the swirling sea column that looks like the ocean being sucked upward.
- fair weather
- Most form under calm skies, no storm required.
- fish rain
- Suspected culprit behind raining fish reports.
- hot zone
- Florida Keys see hundreds yearly, world's hotspot.
- sailor dread
- Old crews fired cannons hoping to disrupt them.
- short life
- Most spin out in under twenty minutes.
lake michigan waterspout 1998 — struck near milwaukee with winds estimated at 100+ mph, caused significant damage to lakefront areas