Waterspout spotted on the North Carolina Outer Banks

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The Virginian-Pilot
© June 23, 2008

There were two waterspout sightings this afternoon on the Outer Banks, according to the National Weather Service.

The reports – one near the Wright Memorial Bridge and another near milepost 5 in Kitty Hawk – were likely the same spout, according to meteorologist Hal Austin, who works out of the service’s Morehead City office.

“They could capsize a boat,” Austin said of the danger posed by waterspouts, which appear as tornadoes over the water.

Austin said weather conditions in northeastern North Carolina are expected to be nicer after this evening, becoming hot and dry for the remainder of the week

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I hear you

Submitted by Ira Tateu on Tue, 06/24/2008 at 8:24 am.

Someone told me yesterday that 5 homes had been leveled by a water spout. I tried to explain how they work but it fell on deaf ears. Inland people really get freaked out by these things. They happen all of the time. I have seen some big ones. The biggest I ever saw was al lthe way at General Booth. I guess it made it uo through Back Bay and was visible all the way over there. It was coo lthough.