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Waterspout February 18, 2024 · Gulf of Mexico From West End of Seven Mile Bridge To Halfmoon Shoal Out To 5 Fathoms, Gulf of Mexico

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A waterspout, as continuing of an EF0 tornado that passed through the Venture Out community of Cudjoe Key, continued northeast from U.S. Highway 1, through Kemp Channel, and passing north of Niles Road Beach. The waterspout eventually made landfall as an EF0 tornado on Big Torch Key.

The wider storm

Low pressure moved from south Florida to the northern Bahamas with a trailing cold front extending west-northwest to over and just north of the Florida Keys. The cold front focused strong multi-cluster thunderstorm development during the early afternoon of February 18th, with redevelopment later that evening. One well-defined mesocyclone was observed on radar in association with a supercell thunderstorm, which passed from Cudjoe through Big Torch Keys accompanied by one EF0 tornado.

Began near Summerland Key (24.6630, -81.4670).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165397. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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