Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:57 pm
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Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:18 pm
Thats freaky.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:30 pm
Nice pictures, but scary!!! Could you imagine traveling in that causeway that crosses the lake and looking out the window and finding that!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:34 pm
Here is a video of the formation of the huge waterspout... http://www.nola.com/weather/video/conte ... er_fin.wmv
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:56 pm
Wow, that's an impressive video! Thanks for sharing.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:42 pm
Great picture and awesome video there. Thanks for sharing. 
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:51 pm
Scary, yet cool. 
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:49 pm
Sean in New Orleans wrote:Here is a video of the formation of the huge waterspout... http://www.nola.com/weather/video/conte ... er_fin.wmv
Great video. Witnessed quite a few 2001-2006 while living in Lower FL Keys.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:09 am
Wow. Impressive video. Good vantage point!
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:29 pm
A friend's brother caught these great pics - this was one huge spout!!!
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:51 pm
Wow that's a amazing sight.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:12 pm
Wow, great pics!
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:45 pm
great pics.
i wish i was there
-justin-
i wish i was there
-justin-
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:08 pm
The one water spout I ever saw, while offshore Louisiana working as a service hand for Baker Hughes, on a rig called "The Ocean Columbia", was a super-skinny little rope, hanging beneath a tall cumulus. The cloud was fairly well developed, but it didn't appear to be producing rain. Just a very skinny funnel/
That was the summer of 1997, IIRC.
That was the summer of 1997, IIRC.
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:20 pm
That's an amazing example of a tornadic waterspout! The line of convective activity can produce these events. I remember one sighting where I saw three funnels off Dania Beach - they were "fair weather" rotations and they never touched the water's surface. I saw another recent funnel off Delray Beach - it was much longer and it extended below a cumulus shower. Those images show a great vantage point. I think it ranks high on the list of waterspouts that were extensively monitored!
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:35 pm
That is by far the biggest waterspout I have ever seen!!! I've seen quite a few living along th eGulf coast all my life.
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:55 am
vbhoutex wrote:That is by far the biggest waterspout I have ever seen!!! I've seen quite a few living along th eGulf coast all my life.
That is a pretty big waterspout.
Re: Waterspout over Lake Ponchatrain
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:49 am
I once saw a huge waterspout from my house back in 1992, probably something as big as this, since the lake was some distance away. I also saw a couple while vacationing in Destin once. My dad got a couple of pictures, but unfortunately they didn't come out to well.