Waterspouts?

Fast Lane purchasers get into the sheltered areas first.

+100

Fastlane prices increase whenever the NWS issuses a Watch

Ensign Smith said:
I'm guessing you didn't realize that the person who put that video on Youtube is the same one who started this thread.

Nope, didn't realize that.

If riders were waiting on the platform while a massive storm was approaching and we got a call to take shelter, we would all cram into the equipment room. It was actually the best guest interaction ever.

I was actually driving into the park when the storm hit. It was raining so hard on Perimiter Rd that people were stopping because they couldn't see. My wife and I saw a tiny waterspout looking thing on the RK causeway as well. Tried to snap a picture, but wasn't able to because I was driving.

The rain stopped about 5pm so we grabbed a Starlight pass and the park was almost empty. It was fantastic!

Here's a link to some crappy pictures of said storm:
http://imgur.com/a/rYbFQ

Nice pictures, structure of the bottom of the storm looked a bit different than I would have expected.

I would still say fair weather waterspouts are reasonably rare and don't happen more than a few days a year on the great lakes. Tornadic waterspouts are much less common.

Are the storm shelter signs new? I don't recall seeing them previously. I assume it has to do with being storm ready

Yes, they are new. Yes, it is due to being "Storm Ready."

Saw this on twitter this afternoon. Waterspouts this morning near the park. Anyone else see them?

http://twitter.com/tornatrix/status/229290769712816128/photo/1/large

On 7/28, while I was enjoying ERT at 9:10 AM, my fiance was outside of our room at Hotel Breakers and snapped some pics of the waterspouts over the lake.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fnw3SH_nLnfUshGulE3o0S_bdBuTT...directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pOBeWrtOyNGj8oluO9ndVi_bdBuTT...directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qAzik2XQZgQMvOW0FTJ1Mi_bdBuTT...directlink

This pic taken in the direction of the park shows blue sky over the park:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ucvRujkUeERGYzOVqgJOci_bdBuTT...directlink

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing!