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Preliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Key West FL
1006 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

            Updates previous waterspout report from 3 NE
            Key West. 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 southeastward,
            estimated to be around 20 knots. Toward the
            end of the lifecycle it entered Sunset
            Marina on Stock Island, likely causing minor
            damage to boats and deck items as seen in
            videos submitted via social media. Shortly
            before dissipating 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