It's waterspout season! Lake Michigan saw some serious action yesterday when two of the ominous weather phenomenon popped up.
In July there was an unusual waterspout update in the Great Lakes that spawned a grand total of 21, the Weather Channel reported.
Officer Michael Madsen, of the Kenosha Police Department saw the spectacular display and took a picture, the Huffington Post reported.
Another onlooker was able to capture video footage of the insane weather, the Daily Mail reported.
The waterspouts were first spotted around 1:30 p.m. The conditions were ideal for the raging spouts, a National Weather Service meteorologist told the Daily Mail.
Freezing air in the upper realms of the atmosphere combined with the lake's warmer temperatures contributed to the waterspout's unannounced appearance.
"My daughter and I looked outside and it got really dark and I thought, 'Let's go over by the lake,'" Christine Holden, who spotted the spouts while home with her daughter, told CBS News. "And we pulled up to the lakefront and there were twin spouts."
"We sat and watched awhile, and they dissipated and came back down. And the two joined into one and made a bigger one. It was quite the show for about 15 to 20 minutes," she said.
Holden said she also spotted a boat caught up in the action, it was speeding south as quickly as possible.
Waterspouts are like tornados over water, but tend to be weaker; once they hit land they are called tornados. They are extremely common in states such as Florida. In some cases winds can reach epic speeds of 100 mph, which can be extremely dangerous to anyone in boats or on the water.
"The Florida Keys are, perhaps, the waterspout capital of the world," weather.com Senior Meteorologist Jon Erdman said according to the Weather Channel. "Waterspouts are also frequently seen along the Mediterranean Sea."
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