A waterspout was confirmed off Bainbridge Island amid thunderstorms.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Bainbridge Island on Wednesday afternoon as thunderstorms rolled through Puget Sound.
The National Weather Service confirmed the waterspout, which was about 3 miles west of Magnolia about 3 p.m. The waterspout was “short lived,” NWS said.
Waterspouts are rotating columns of air and water mist that are similar to tornadoes that form over water. Tornadic waterspouts are associated with severe thunderstorms and can be just as dangerous as tornadoes. Fair weather waterspouts usually develop along dark flat bases of developing cumulus clouds in light
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