Ten years ago, a Lake Tahoe resident captured some fascinating photos of rare watersprouts (i.e., tornadoes over water) appearing above a deep section of the lake, some of the largest ever recorded. The RGJ has a reminiscence:

The largest spout, which formed about 9 a.m., was a monster. Its funnel was up to 275 feet in diameter, with the ring of spray at the lake’s surface about 500 feet across. Winds at the funnel’s base were likely between 100 and 125 mph, Golden said.