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Waterspout November 15, 2016 · Straits of Florida From Ocean Reef To Craig Key Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained marine weather spotters with the Marine Resources Development Foundation Marinelab reported a thin, rope-like waterspout seaward of Molasses Reef, beneath a cumulus congestus cloud line. The visible condensation funnel extended less than halfway down to the sea surface, and no spray ring was observed.

The wider storm

Scattered showers embedded in light winds within the lower troposphere produced an isolated waterspout near Islamorada, Florida.

Began near Molasses Reef Light (25.0200, -80.2700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 666839. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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