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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Key West FL
714 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     Waterspout       3 NE Key West           24.59N 81.75W
07/24/2026                   GMZ035             FL   NWS Employee

            A mature waterspout was observed by NWS
            meteorologists at the Florida Keys NWS
            office and members of the public, north of
            Stock Island. It was of medium width,
            starting off mostly vertical, with the
            condensation cloud extending fully from the
            cloud base to the surface. A spray ring was
            clearly visible for over 10 minutes. It was
            situated east of a thunderstorm sitting
            nearly stationary north of Key West.
            Movement was quickly eastward, estimated to
            be around 20 knots. Toward the end of the
            lifecycle it was extremely tilted at an
            angle of approximately 60 degrees from the
            parent cloud to the spray ring. It
            dissipated around 6:59 PM EDT, with a
            duration of at least 19 minutes.


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Ross