That's a new one
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (50296)
St. Catharines, Ontario
August 25, 2025 8:27am CST
All summer Environment Canada has been issuing heat warnings. This morning they've issued a "waterspout watch".
"Conditions are favourable for the development of waterspouts over the Great Lakes today and possibly into Tuesday.
"Wind speeds inside the spray ring of a waterspout are 45 knots or higher. Vulnerable vessels are at risk of damage or capsizing.
"Waterspouts are generally isolated in nature although they can also occur in families of two or more. Spray rings associated with waterspouts can measure in the tens of metres. Waterspouts sometimes appear as funnel clouds with swirling water visible near the surface."
Families of waterspouts? 
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@DaddyEvil (158130)
• United States
26 Aug
My first wife and I bought a house on Table Rock Lake in Missouri years ago and saw some interesting things when we stayed down there. Waterspouts reminded me of tornados except they only bothered boats and mostly stayed over the lake. I watched one cut across a bridge full of cars once. The cars seemed to have a lot of trouble staying on the bridge and in their own lanes for a few minutes.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Aug
That must have been exciting (in a fearful way) to see.
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@DaddyEvil (158130)
• United States
26 Aug
@BarBaraPrz It was! But not as exciting/scary as the tornado that chases Pretty and I down the highway when she was little.
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@LindaOHio (199078)
• United States
25 Aug
We lived right on the beach of Lake Erie for 7 years and saw waterspouts and many other interesting things.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Aug
Oh, that would be interesting to see.
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@LindaOHio (199078)
• United States
26 Aug
@BarBaraPrz We saw the Northern Lights, waterspouts, migrating birds...we heard the ice creaking as it built up near the shore..my husband caught some big carp...it was pretty cool.
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@Juliaacv (54619)
• Canada
25 Aug
I have heard of waterspouts, haven't we all, but never a warning for them.
Tomorrow we are going for a drive on hwy #21 along Lake Huron, I'll have to keep my eyes open because I feel like if there will be a waterspout, it will be over that deep lake.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Aug
Yes, never before a warning. Stay safe.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Aug
But it's the first time a warning has been issued (to my knowledge).
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@LadyDuck (482499)
• Italy
25 Aug
@BarBaraPrz - I remember that we had a warning in the past, even if often they were underestimated.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Aug
I haven't seen one, either.
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@BarBaraPrz (50296)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Aug
It hasn't been issued before to my knowledge.
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@porwest (106470)
• United States
25 Aug
@BarBaraPrz Maybe not there, but I have definitely heard of this before.
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