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Swirling Non-Supercell Tornadoes in Pictures

A non-supercell tornado comes in many flavors: dust devils, dust tubes, and waterspouts, to name just a few. The basic difference is that these type of vortexes are not born of a larger storm system and appear only sporadically. Also, they do not seem to pose any real danger as there should be more arm flailing and/or opposite direction running – but as this photo shows, they're pretty awesome phenomena nonetheless.

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