Massive Waterspout in Florida Looks Cool As Hell


A large waterspout was spotted off the coast of Destin, Florida this morning and captured by several people who have undoubtably been inundated by social media managers asking to use their footage on their platforms. No good deed goes unpunished. It was pretty damn impressive and harrowing — the type of stuff you'd see in a foreboding scene at the beginning of an End Times movie. Or just part of a thunderstorm if you don't want to get hyperbolic.
Remarkable scene at Destin early this morning… Video from @boo_freeman (IG) pic.twitter.com/NRkXMAKaeF
— James Spann (@spann) August 16, 2022
Check out this picture of a waterspout in Destin this morning. This was taken by Henderson Beach State Park.
— Brooke Richardson (@WeatherBrooke) August 16, 2022
📸Photo by: Paige Douglas pic.twitter.com/4qX243xZ62
Another view of the large waterspout in Destin from Norman Clinkscales! pic.twitter.com/SgVTJ11EjJ
— Brooke Richardson (@WeatherBrooke) August 16, 2022
Hey, what is a waterspout is something you might be asking. There's no way this is what the Itsy-Bitsy Spider was climbing up, was it? Here's someone passionate on the subject.
Dr. Joseph Golden, a distinguished waterspout authority with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), defines the waterspout as a "funnel which contains an intense vortex, sometimes destructive, of small horizontal extent and which occurs over a body of water." The belief that a waterspout is nothing more than a tornado over water is only partially true. The fact is, depending on how they form, waterspouts come in two types: tornadic and fair weather.
The storm was running parallel to the coast so the spout never made landfall. It did, however, succeed in its attempt to go viral. Big day for the storm.