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Today there were a few thunderstorms in the state of Arizona. However, none of these storms were expected to be severe. That just goes to show that meteorology is not an exact science. There were several reports of a tornado/landspout around the Wilcox, AZ area. Check out the following tweets below!
A photo of the landspout that touched down by Wilcox, AZ earlier today as photographed by Cathy Murphy. #azwx pic.twitter.com/uqZ4TBmmCV
— Beth Allan (@adolwyn) August 15, 2014
Better photo of the landspout near Wilcox, AZ today taken by Lewis Surrey on Facebook (correct spelling now!). #azwx pic.twitter.com/nFiWOgL1sl
— Beth Allan (@adolwyn) August 15, 2014
Funnel cloud south of the border today. Photo taken by Ryan Nottingham from Hereford #azwx #monsoon2014 pic.twitter.com/shs8KjEK8o
— Erin Christiansen (@ErinSaidItWould) August 15, 2014
Storm clouds up north, and a beautiful view of downtown. #azwx @12News @DrMatt12News pic.twitter.com/g295om9oOT
— Rick Leabo (@rick_leabo) August 15, 2014
A landspout is described as the following by the American Meteorological Society:
“Colloquial expression describing tornadoes occurring with a parent cloud in its growth stage and with its vorticity originating in the boundary layer.The parent cloud does not contain a preexisting midlevel mesocyclone. The landspout was so named because it looks like a weak Florida Keys waterspout over land.”