part_of part of part of adjacent to water body water surface cumulus cloud cumulonimbus cloud tornado waterspout 2018-10-04T19:01:17Z A tornado which connects a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud to a body of water, often transporting water from that water body along the spiraling winds constituting its vortex. Wikipedia notes that there is disagreement over whether to classify waterspouts as true tornadoes. water spout