While the North Carolina Outer Banks start to deal with big waves from Hurricane Lee, a cold front has caused waterspouts to spin offshore.
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00:00 As Hurricane Lee approaches the Carolinas,
00:02 even though it will be several
00:04 100 miles offshore,
00:05 we expect to see some of this.
00:07 Now that is a tornadic water spout
00:10 that is several 100 yards off the
00:12 coast here in Rodanthe, North Carolina.
00:14 You can tell it's a severe water
00:16 spout by the large size of it and
00:19 the parent thunderstorm that is with it.
00:21 As well.
00:22 Now this is expected to continue
00:24 to stay offshore, not be a factor,
00:27 but it is very rare to according
00:29 to the local fire rescue.
00:31 Officials here to actually see
00:32 a water spout on the ocean side.
00:34 They tend to see it more on the sound side,
00:37 but nonetheless,
00:38 as Hurricane Lee approaches and some
00:40 of this more turbulent weather
00:42 starts to impact land,
00:43 we can see some of these water spouts spin up.
00:46 It's pretty amazing to see,
00:48 and a lot of folks are here taking it all in.
00:51 I'm reporting along the shores
00:53 in Rodanthe, NC.
00:54 I'm Leslie Hudson for Accuweather.
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