Unlike an earlier bomb cyclone this winter about 1,000 miles southwest of San Francisco, this one “is very close to the coast,” Swain said. ... Landspouts are similar to tornadoes, ...

Ping pong ball-size hail and brief funnel clouds or landspouts are possible Thursday in northeastern Colorado as a severe thunderstorm watch has been issued. Isolated storms are possible in Denver.

Viewer photos show landspouts, funnel clouds. Story by Amber Ruch • 10mo (KFVS) - Viewers sent us these photos and videos of landspouts and funnel clouds in the Heartland.

Recent years have had significant South winter tornado outbreaks, including January 2023, January 2020, January and February 2017. Radar image of the Panama City, Florida, tornado of Jan. 9, 2024.

Landspouts can look a lot like tornados and can be just as intimidating. In fact, there are some similarities between the two, but how they differ comes down to how they form.

Landspouts are a type of tornado. They form differently from conventional tornadoes, which are born from cloud-based rotation. Instead, landspouts grow from the ground up.

With a severe weather outbreak occurring in Illinois, several "landspouts" have been reported across the state. According to the National Weather Service, at least three such landspouts have ...

The majority — around 85% to 90% — of tornadoes in Colorado are classified as landspouts. Unlike supercell tornadoes, which form from mesocyclones and can persist for more than an hour ...

(KFVS) - The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for possible landspouts, weak tornadoes and/or funnel clouds. They say there have been reports of funnel clouds and ...