Waterspout — Lake Borgne, Gulf of Mexico

2024-09-17 · near Shell Beach Station (shbl1), Lake Borgne, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

Public video via social media of a waterspout over/near Lake Catherine. Position estimated from radar and video.

Wider weather episode

In a typical summertime pattern, convection fired up along the seabreeze during the afternoon timeframe. One cell was able to take advantage of vorticiy from surrounding boundaries and produced a brief waterspout in Lake Borgne.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.0500, -89.7300)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1218720. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.