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Yes. Waterspouts are not uncommon on the Great Lakes during late summer, especially on Lake Erie, the warmest of the lakes.
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Waterspouts can occur on almost any lake or sea but are most common in tropical and subtropical areas.
Waterspouts
Lake wwaterspouts are tornadoes or tornado-like vortices that develop on a lake.
Waterspouts occur when a tornado develops over water or moves to water after forming on land. The three types of waterspout are tornadic, non-tornadic and snowspout.
Waterspouts most often occur when a relatively cool air mass moves over a warm body of water, resulting in instability. A bit of turbulence near the surface can then give the spin necessary to get waterspouts started.
Waterspouts typically occur over warm tropical or subtropical waters, often in the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the Mediterranean Sea. They are most common in regions with high humidity and warm water temperatures.
Not really. Waterspouts require a much larger body of water to form, such as a lake. However, there are land based cousins of waterspouts called landspouts. In structure they are more like waterspouts than normal tornadoes. It is possible for one to strike a swimming pool, but it would be purely coincidental.
Waterspouts typically occur when thunderstorms or sometimes towering cumulus form over water that is warmer than the air above it.
Waterspouts in the U.S. are most common around the Florida Keys and other waters near Florida. They are also not an uncommon sight on the Great Lakes.