Waterspout · Gulf of Mexico

Waterspout September 5, 2025 · Tampa Bay, Gulf of Mexico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple pictures and videos received from the public via social media and relayed via broadcast media showed a waterspout just north of Anna Maria Island and southwest of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

The wider storm

Evening thunderstorms within northeast flow enhanced by the sea breeze over the area between weak Eastern Seaboard surface ridging extending into the northern gulf and a lingering Western Atlantic surface trough produce a waterspout and strong marine wind gust near the mouth of Tampa Bay.

Began near Lower Tampa Bay (27.5700, -82.7100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1293818. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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