<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel - shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water . Some are connected to a cumulus congestus cloud, some to a cumuliform cloud and some to a cumulonimbus cloud . In the common form, it is a non-supercell tornado over water . </P> <P> While it is often weaker than most of its land counterparts, stronger versions spawned by mesocyclones do occur . Most waterspouts do not suck up water; they are small and weak rotating columns of air over water . </P>

What is the name of a water tornado