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WATCH: 'Gustnado' on Ohio River caught on camera by boater during storms

WATCH: 'Gustnado' on Ohio River caught on camera by boater during storms
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WATCH: 'Gustnado' on Ohio River caught on camera by boater during storms
Storms moved across Cincinnati early Saturday evening, producing some winds, hail and even what the National Weather Service is calling a "gustnado."It was caught on camera by a boater along the Ohio River Saturday near the Sayler Park area.The storms produced some severe weather warnings for most areas across Cincinnati, but have since expired. According to the National Weather Service, they are classifying the waterspout a 'gustnado'. A gustnado is defined as a small whirlwind that forms as an eddy in thunderstorm outflows. They do not connect with any cloud-based rotation and are not tornadoes. Like dust devils, some stronger gustnadoes can cause damage. The National Weather Service says this particular gustnado was not directly associated with a thunderstorm updraft. Doppler radar supports the assessment that this gustnado formed on an outflow of boundary several miles ahead of a thunderstorm. The damage caused by this gustnado was primarily located over Catalpa Road, Gracely Drive and Fernbank Avenue, according to the NWS.According to National Weather Service, numerous trees were damaged, some completely knocked over or uprooted and thrown onto homes and power lines. Based on pictures from the damage, winds were likely 70 to 80 miles per hour.

Storms moved across Cincinnati early Saturday evening, producing some winds, hail and even what the National Weather Service is calling a "gustnado."

It was caught on camera by a boater along the Ohio River Saturday near the Sayler Park area.

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The storms produced some severe weather warnings for most areas across Cincinnati, but have since expired.

According to the National Weather Service, they are classifying the waterspout a 'gustnado'.

A gustnado is defined as a small whirlwind that forms as an eddy in thunderstorm outflows. They do not connect with any cloud-based rotation and are not tornadoes. Like dust devils, some stronger gustnadoes can cause damage.

The National Weather Service says this particular gustnado was not directly associated with a thunderstorm updraft. Doppler radar supports the assessment that this gustnado formed on an outflow of boundary several miles ahead of a thunderstorm.

The damage caused by this gustnado was primarily located over Catalpa Road, Gracely Drive and Fernbank Avenue, according to the NWS.

According to National Weather Service, numerous trees were damaged, some completely knocked over or uprooted and thrown onto homes and power lines. Based on pictures from the damage, winds were likely 70 to 80 miles per hour.