Thanks for explaining what a landspout in a simple way. I had a currently unknown tornado like thing In Jan. So all bits are helping me find out what it was. I was the only person to see it well no one mentioned it online.
No such thing as a stupid question, stormspinner--that's how u learn.
"Landspout" is a term that refers to a violently rotating column of air beneath a storm (like your typical tornado) but one that isn't necessarily connected to or formed from a mesocyclone. I debated over calling this one a "landspout", since just to the east there was another bona fide tornado that formed under a wall cloud/meso, but to the general public there's really no difference.
No it didn't--officially anyway. The storm caused no damage to any buildings, cars, or other structures (which is what the EF Scale was created for--rating actual physical damage).
The only other ways it could have been accurately rated are if it was scanned by portable Doppler radar OR if a scientist analyzed video of the tornado/landspout's motion (i.e. video photogrammetry). Either way, it was probably at worst very briefly weak EF-1.
thanks...i'm a twister buff, i knew about how the rating scale was established and the criteria used to rate it, except i didn't know that radar could rate it from afar....that's pretty neat....
Thanks for explaining what a landspout in a simple way. I had a currently unknown tornado like thing In Jan. So all bits are helping me find out what it was. I was the only person to see it well no one mentioned it online.
MrPenguincat 8 months ago
Hey i saw that landspout from my house
There was a funnel cloud behind my house we went out and cased today we chased and saw another landspout
we got it on video
maxolsonsk8 2 years ago
You guys are lucky in Denver I hate the Springs!
vfIskullangel 2 years ago
NICE capture. Stupid question: landspout, does that mean a small tornado? Very seldom hear that term...
*StormSpinner1* in Texas
stormspinner1 3 years ago
No such thing as a stupid question, stormspinner--that's how u learn.
"Landspout" is a term that refers to a violently rotating column of air beneath a storm (like your typical tornado) but one that isn't necessarily connected to or formed from a mesocyclone. I debated over calling this one a "landspout", since just to the east there was another bona fide tornado that formed under a wall cloud/meso, but to the general public there's really no difference.
jmchaser 3 years ago
did this landspout have a rating on the EF scale ?
minion278 3 years ago
No it didn't--officially anyway. The storm caused no damage to any buildings, cars, or other structures (which is what the EF Scale was created for--rating actual physical damage).
The only other ways it could have been accurately rated are if it was scanned by portable Doppler radar OR if a scientist analyzed video of the tornado/landspout's motion (i.e. video photogrammetry). Either way, it was probably at worst very briefly weak EF-1.
jmchaser 3 years ago
thanks...i'm a twister buff, i knew about how the rating scale was established and the criteria used to rate it, except i didn't know that radar could rate it from afar....that's pretty neat....
thanks !
minion278 3 years ago