Waterspouts occur when cold air moves across the lakes causing a large temperature differences between the warm water and the overriding cold air.
"I was like ‘I think that’s a water tornado!’ And we thought no way," said Patrick Beilfus, who saw the waterspout from Racine. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsA waterspout is a whirling column of air and water mist and forms most frequently during the months of August, September and October over the Great Lakes when the water is at its warmest level of the year. Waterspout off Racine's shore as captured by FOX6 News viewer Tom Van Epps.
"I didn’t think it was real. I even called my dad and everything," Beilfus said. "I have this old memory of that movie Twisters or something. I just figured out what a water spout was with him when I was a little kid." How waterspouts form
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