Waterspout · Atlantic North

Waterspout October 23, 2018 · Vineyard Sound, Atlantic North

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Massachusetts Steamship Authority ship named Island Home's captain reported observing a waterspout (photo attached). The ship had departed Oak Bluffs and spotted the waterspout facing southwest toward Naushon Island.

The wider storm

A strong upper level short-wave trough with a very cold pool of air aloft and strong jet dynamics triggered localized flooding and a few waterspouts off the southern Massachusetts coast in the morning.

Began near Woods Hole (41.4904, -70.6713).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 787143. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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