What happens to a waterspout when it hits land?

Answer 1

None really. A waterspout occurs on water and a landspout is essentially the same thing on land.

Though a smaller percentage of waterspouts are actually classic supercell tornadoes on water.

Answer 2

It depends, there are two types of waterspout.

There are fair-weather waterspouts which typically form when cold air moves over a warm body of water. Although they connect to the cloud base like a tornado, they are usually weak, no stronger than an EF1 tornado and have internal mechanics more like those of a dust devil.

Then there are tornadic waterspouts, these form from supercell thunderstorms and are really just tornadoes that happen to be on water.

Answer 3

A waterspout is essentially a tornado on water, though they usually form by a different mechanism of typical tornadoes. Waterspouts are small in weather terms, rarely exceeding a few hundred feet in size and are dependent on a parent storm cloud.

A hurricane is an entirely different type of storm. They are huge, typically hundreds of miles wide and, most importantly, are independent, self-sustaining storm systems.

Answer 4

Usually a waterspout will dissipate quickly if it hits land. Those that are don't dissipate immediately are often counted as tornadoes, though they rarely cause more than minor damage and few are stronger than EF0.

Answer 5

When a waterspout hits land, it typically weakens and dissipates due to the disruption in its energy source. The lack of warm water and the increase in friction with the land cause the waterspout to break apart and lose its swirling appearance.

Answer 6

A water spout forms over water and a land tornado forms over land. A water spout is a tornado that is formed by sucking up the water which makes it a water tornado called a '' water spout''.

Answer 7

A waterspout forms on water. A tornado forms on land.

Answer 8

A waterspout basically is a tornado only on water.