Large Waterspout Spins Off Louisiana’s Black Bay

A waterspout was seen spinning off Black Bay in Plaquemines County, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 14. Justin Derouen captured the video while working aboard a jack-up barge boat in the area, he said.

Derouen told Storyful he shot the video from a distance of a mile and a half. “[I] was able to get pretty amazing footage of Mother Nature at work,” Derouen said.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans gave a significant weather advisory for the southeastern Plaquemines Parish area on July 15. The storm was expected to bring winds reaching up to 30 mph (48 km/h). Credit: Justin Derouen via Storyful