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Florida Waterspout Hits Beach, Becomes Tornado
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19 Aug 2020 5:35 PM
A strong waterspout near a South Florida beach moved onshore and transitioned into a tornado, causing damage to the immediate shoreline. https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1296145401507127296 The waterspout was first spotted offshore of Sunny Isles Beach, a barrier island that sits just east-southeast of Aventura, Florida as seen in the video above. The report came in around 1:14 p.m. ET as the waterspout was moving to the north-northwest. https://twitter.com/NWSMiami/status/1296138108673523712 The strong waterspout moved onshore over Golden Beach, Florida around 1:20 p.m. ET Wednesday, moving north along Route A1A. The tornado lasted for about three minutes over land, causing damage to some trees, fencing, and a building. The tornado had maximum estimated winds between 80-85 miles per hour, lasted for about a half-mile, and was about 160 yards wide at its widest extent. The difference between a waterspout and tornado? Location! If a waterspout moves onshore over land, it becomes a tornado. If a tornado is ongoing and then moves over a lake, it continues as a waterspout. In this case, the waterspout moving over land usually creates a short-lived tornado, if at all. The tornado usually weakens and dissipates pretty quickly. In today's case over Golden Beach, Florida this event was on the stronger side.
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