Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
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"Waterspout" usually means a tornado over water, but in the southern Appalachians, the term refers to columns of water falling on the landscape during huge storms. These mysterious waterspouts carve deep furrows in the land and leaves scars for hundreds of years. Are they really from falling water columns, or is something else going on? Maps and MS Paint offer an answer in this video.
Links to historical documents are in the pinned comment (first in the comments section)
"Waterspout" usually means a tornado over water, but in the southern Appalachians, the term refers to columns of water falling on the landscape during huge storms. These mysterious waterspouts carve deep furrows in the land and leaves scars for hundreds of years. Are they really from falling water columns, or is something else going on? Maps and MS Paint offer an answer in this video.
