Yes. Waterspouts are not uncommon on the Great Lakes during late summer, especially on Lake Erie, the warmest of the lakes.
Over water! The great lakes and of course oceans! But most form at the ocean around Florida.
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It depends on the region, but they are usually most common during the summer.
Waterspouts typically occur when thunderstorms or sometimes towering cumulus form over water that is warmer than the air above it.
Most lakes are too small for the effect to be great or, if any at all. Tides are not always caused by the gravitational pull pf the moon and have no effect on small bodies of water, such as lakes. Even the Great Lakes tides are less than 5 centimeters in height
The water comes out the waterspout.
A synonym for waterspout would be tornado.
The Great Lakes
No, they can form over water. At that point it is called a tornadic waterspout.
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.
Well, yes and no. If the waterspout comes ashore and hits the beach house, it can destroy it. But if the waterspout comes ashore, it is no longer a waterspout - it is a tornado.