Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A kind of tornado not associated with the mesocyclone of a thunderstorm.
Examples
“Or it possibly could have simply formed via a 'landspout' process.”
“An F4 landspout hit Colorado a few years back, and landspouts are are caused by significantly different phenomena by definition, they have no mesocyclone.”
“The creation of the tornado may occur because of what is happening just a few yards above the ground, similar to the landspout from weak thunderstorms.”
“VII THE WAILING FROM the four piece group reminded Gerswin of a landspout when it struck a fast flowing river'screeches, gurgles, and dull thuds.”
“The questions swirled through his thoughts like the fringes of a landspout, ripping at his composure, tearing at his guts, until the tightness in his stomach matched the stabbing behind his unfocused eyes.”
“The landspout formed about 3: 15 p.m. MDT Tuesday, about 12 miles northeast of Hyannis.”
“A peculiar type of tornado was reported in western Nebraska this week: a landspout.”
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a landspout as a tubular, rope-like funnel in which the spinning motion originates near the ground rather than in a thunderstorm cloud above.”
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Land
A list of terms for land, landholdings, or words that contain the string -land-.
scabland, wheatland, cornland, slander, land-locked, dryland, riceland, clandestine, acreage, island, Iceland, Greenland and 269 more...
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It's a Twister! It's a Twister!
Tornado terminology.
twister, funnel, eye, eddy, mesocyclone, tornadogenesis, storm cell, supercell, landspout, waterspout, vaporspout, whirlwater and 33 more...
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