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Waterspout June 15, 2025 · Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Pictures and videos of a waterspout just south of Gulfport relayed by broadcast media. Appears to have briefly made landfall along beach.

The wider storm

A typical summertime regime of high atmospheric moisture content and generally low shear was in place across the region. One storm in the Mississippi Sound produced a waterspout as it moved along a stalled microscale boundary that was stalled in the area.

Began near West Pier Gulfport Station (gwpm6) (30.3400, -89.1000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1279276. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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