A rare occurrence of twin waterspouts was captured over Puget Sound off South King County, Washington. The image, taken by Michael Snyder of Pacific NW Weather Watch, shows a larger funnel cloud and a smaller, thinner waterspout extending to the water's surface. The storm system responsible for the waterspouts also produced hail and snow in the area.
As the strong weather disturbance began to move ashore the Pacific Ocean early Wednesday evening, a very rare occurrence appears to have briefly happened over Puget Sound off South King County: twin waterspouts!
Palmer also says there was veering — or twisting — of winds at the lowest levels of the atmosphere at the time of the event, which aided in the development of the apparent waterspouts. Doppler radar also detected weak rotation, which is common with waterspouts. There was no other sighting reported of the phenomena and no warnings were issued.
WATERSPOTS STORM WEATHER WASHINGTON PUGET SOUND
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