Landspout tornado touches down in Glades County

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BUCKHEAD RIDGE, Fla. A landspout tornado touched down Thursday morning near Buckhead Ridge, Glades County emergency management officials said.

The twister was classified as a landspout tornado, according to WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt. It touched down around 9:22 a.m.

“They still are tornadoes, but there are a few characteristics of a landspout that differentiate it from twisters that are are spawned by thunderstorms,” Devitt said.

In order for a landspout to form, it needs a cumulus cloud near the surface of converging winds, according to The Weather Channel. A landspout is similar to a waterspout.

No further information was immediately available.

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