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Hoosier posted 08-20-2012 10:45 AM ET (US)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IquoHMnq2wY&feature=plcp

Jeff posted 08-20-2012 11:18 AM ET (US)
There were a total of Nine spotted on Saturday near South Haven.

quote:
From NOAA-
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
741 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM WATER SPOUT 30 W OVAL BEACH 42.66N 86.82W
08/18/2012 LMZ876 MI STORM CHASER
A TOTAL OF 9 WATERSPOUTS WERE OBSERVED WITH TWO SEPARATE
STORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BETWEEN 11 AND 1145 AM EDT OR
1500 AND 1545 UTC. SEVERAL OTHER FUNNELS WERE OBSERVED.
As well as the 5 noted in the link above. Those I believe were off Milwaukee.
jimh posted 08-20-2012 09:42 PM ET (US)
The video appears to have been recorded from a freighter. I have seen it on broadcast television already, but with no attribution to who recorded it. Probably a crewman or officer on a Great Lakes freighter was the source.
David Pendleton posted 08-20-2012 10:18 PM ET (US)
I wonder how "powerful" these things are? You can't exactly use the Fujita scale to rate them, and since they aren't loaded with debris and flying railroad cars, they appear to be relatively tame.
I don't think I'd go near one, but I would like to see one.
Jeff posted 08-20-2012 11:38 PM ET (US)
David, I read this morning that waterspouts have much lower wind speeds than tornados. The news article stated generally they are in the 50-60mph range which was surprisingly lower than what I expected.
David Pendleton posted 08-21-2012 12:19 AM ET (US)
That's sort-of what I figured (not that I would know), but they just didn't look to be all that violent.
I still wouldn't get close to one.
Stinger23OR posted 08-21-2012 07:40 PM ET (US)
I believe the video was taken from the Great Lakes ore carrier Wilford Sykes just before noon Saturday about 45 miles east of Milwaukee. There is a story about the video and person who took it on Boatnerd.com.
whalerdude posted 08-21-2012 09:46 PM ET (US)
The video is amazing. I saw 4 waterspouts at one time in the video.
His website is coloradostormchaser.com

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Author	Topic: Lake Michigan Waterspouts
Hoosier	posted 08-20-2012 10:45 AM ET (US) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IquoHMnq2wY&feature=plcp
Jeff	posted 08-20-2012 11:18 AM ET (US) There were a total of Nine spotted on Saturday near South Haven. quote: From NOAA- PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 741 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1130 AM WATER SPOUT 30 W OVAL BEACH 42.66N 86.82W 08/18/2012 LMZ876 MI STORM CHASER A TOTAL OF 9 WATERSPOUTS WERE OBSERVED WITH TWO SEPARATE STORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BETWEEN 11 AND 1145 AM EDT OR 1500 AND 1545 UTC. SEVERAL OTHER FUNNELS WERE OBSERVED. As well as the 5 noted in the link above. Those I believe were off Milwaukee.
jimh	posted 08-20-2012 09:42 PM ET (US) The video appears to have been recorded from a freighter. I have seen it on broadcast television already, but with no attribution to who recorded it. Probably a crewman or officer on a Great Lakes freighter was the source.
David Pendleton	posted 08-20-2012 10:18 PM ET (US) I wonder how "powerful" these things are? You can't exactly use the Fujita scale to rate them, and since they aren't loaded with debris and flying railroad cars, they appear to be relatively tame. I don't think I'd go near one, but I would like to see one.
Jeff	posted 08-20-2012 11:38 PM ET (US) David, I read this morning that waterspouts have much lower wind speeds than tornados. The news article stated generally they are in the 50-60mph range which was surprisingly lower than what I expected.
David Pendleton	posted 08-21-2012 12:19 AM ET (US) That's sort-of what I figured (not that I would know), but they just didn't look to be all that violent. I still wouldn't get close to one.
Stinger23OR	posted 08-21-2012 07:40 PM ET (US) I believe the video was taken from the Great Lakes ore carrier Wilford Sykes just before noon Saturday about 45 miles east of Milwaukee. There is a story about the video and person who took it on Boatnerd.com.
whalerdude	posted 08-21-2012 09:46 PM ET (US) The video is amazing. I saw 4 waterspouts at one time in the video. His website is coloradostormchaser.com