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PHOTO: Waterspout forms near Port Canaveral

Occurred just before 4 p.m. Saturday

Waterspout over Port Canaveral Saturday

ORLANDO, Fla. – A waterspout developed Saturday In Brevard county as a line of strong storms exited the Space Coast.

A photo sent to News 6 by Pamela Hedstrom shows the waterspout behind a cruise ship at Port Canaveral.

Waterspout over Port Canaveral Saturday

The waterspout developed in the Banana River between North Merritt Island and the Cape north of SR-528.

Radar before 4 p.m. Saturday shows weak rotation near Port Canaveral in the Banana River

Storms moving from land to the ocean and vice versa experience friction from the changing landscape and can help provide low-level wind shear to produce a waterspout or tornado.

No damage was reported from the touchdown.

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