Florida resort visitor spots waterspout at Silver Shells Beach

A massive waterspout was captured on video in Florida Tuesday morning. Boo Freeman took the video in Destin outside the Silver Shells Beach Spa and Resort. According to Freeman, he took the video just before 6 am In the video, you can hear Freeman say “That’s a biggun!” as the waterspouts move east across the ocean. WDSU meteorologist Lee Southwick said this waterspout is a tornado waterspout. “There are two types of waterspouts: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts,” Southwick said. “This is a tornado waterspout, which is what it sounds like – a tornado over water. It forms the same way a tornado would form from a thunderstorm over land.”Southwick also explained how tornadoes form. “Warm air rising, cooler air falling, and strong wind shear causes wind to start rotating,” said Southwick. “The rotating wind will tilt, turn, vertical, and drop down out of the cloud forming a tornado.”

A massive waterspout was captured on video in Florida Tuesday morning.

Boo Freeman took the video in Destin outside the Silver Shells Beach Spa and Resort.

According to Freeman, he took the video just before 6 am

In the video, you can hear Freeman say “That’s a biggun!” as the waterspouts move east across the ocean.

WDSU meteorologist Lee Southwick said this waterspout is a tornado waterspout.

“There are two types of waterspouts: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts,” Southwick said. “This is a tornado waterspout, which is what it sounds like – a tornado over water. It forms the same way a tornado would form from a thunderstorm over land.”

Southwick also explained how tornadoes form.

“Warm air rising, cooler air falling, and strong wind shear causes wind to start rotating,” said Southwick. “The rotating wind will tilt, turn, vertical, and drop down out of the cloud forming a tornado.”