Waterspouts on Lake Erie

Posted: Aug 1, 2021 / 01:45 PM EDT

Updated: Aug 1, 2021 / 06:51 PM EDT

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — Conditions were perfect for waterspouts on the shores of Lake Erie Sunday, with the National Weather Service Cleveland, along with our own FOX 8 News meteorologists, predicting them.

#Waterspout🌪️season may get going this weekend on parts of the #GreatLakes! There is the potential for a few waterspouts, especially Sunday on #LakeErie. Here is the science on how they form! Let us and @ICWR know if you see any!📷#OHwx #PAwx #NWS #Cleveland #CLEwx pic.twitter.com/3ZbhNIKgeJ
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) July 31, 2021

And arrive they did, with multiple FOX 8 viewers sharing their video and photos with us.

FOX 8 viewer Kyle Trickett was at the Shoreby Yacht Club in Bratenahl, when he snapped footage of this towering waterspout around 11:48 a.m.:

Mel Hardy and his wife Donna were walking their dog together, when they noticed this funnel cloud over Rocky River Valley toward Hopkins and West Park.