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Ocean Funnel Cloud: Waterspout Sighting In OC

By  Lisa Brenner
Published Mar 20, 2011 11:00 PM
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NOAA File: Waterspout off the Florida Keys photographed from an aircraft. (via NWS)
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According to the National Weather Service, police in Huntington Beach received a call just after 11 a.m. on Monday about a waterspout sighting about a dozen miles northwest of Newport Beach, reports the Daily News. ABC7 weather reports via Twitter that a waterspout was sighted off of Newport Beach according police.

On Friday, a waterspout off of San Francisco's Ocean Beach was captured on video just before 9:30 a.m.