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Waterspout · Gulf of Mexico

Waterspout July 31, 2023 · Straits of Florida From West End of Seven Mile Bridge To South of Halfmoon Shoal Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A waterspout was observed well southeast of the Naval Air Station Boca Chica Field over the Straits of Florida. The condensation cloud extended one quarter the way down from cloud base to the water surface, and no spray ring was observed.

The wider storm

A waterspout was observed well offshore the Lower Florida Keys in association with an isolated rain shower. A tropical upper tropospheric trough was stationary to the east, over the central Bahamas.

Began near American Shoal Light (24.4000, -81.4900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1125110. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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