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Waterspout May 22, 2025 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, 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 was observed about 5 miles west of the U.S. Route 1 Blackwater Sound curve. Another condensation funnel cloud was observed in the vicinity of the waterspout.

The wider storm

A complex upper trough over the Atlantic coast combined with active convective cumulus cloud lines over the Upper Florida Keys and week inhibition resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorm producing isolated gale-force wind gusts and an isolated waterspout.

Began near Key Largo (25.1633, -80.4922).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1263615. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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