Residents in the Bay area are witnessing more waterspouts in highly populated areas this season.
The last waterspout developed in the waters near Oldsmar Monday evening. It turned into a tornado.
"When I looked up, it was like an elephant trunk looking down into the water," said Oldsmar neighbor Katie Dunsmore, describing the waterspout.
In the last few weeks, about a dozen waterspouts have formed in the Bay area. Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay said unlike years past, it's been an active season.
"Some seasons we see more, some seasons we see less, and we've just had five or six years where we haven't seen that many," he said. "It's just where we are and how the storms line up. Every summer's a little bit different, and so this summer the pattern is just set up where we've seen a lot of waterspouts."
The waterspout was spotted from several cities in nothern Pinellas County, prompting a tornado warning Monday night.
The warning was issued around 6:45 p.m.
The tornado caused damage to the shingles of a home on the 400 block of Shore Drive in Oldsmar. It also knocked down branches, a tree, a mailbox and snapped a guide wire to that home and another one on Shore Drive.
Photos of the waterspout were sent in from Oldsmar, Safety Harbor and Clearwater.
Video of the waterspout was captured on a FDOT traffic camera near the Howard Frankland Bridge.
Flooding was reported in downtown Clearwater.
No injuries were reported.