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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1017 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0712 PM WATERSPOUT 3 W MARATHON 24.71N 81.12W
09/19/2026 GMZ032 FL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS WATERSPOUT REPORT FROM 3 W
MARATHON. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED
SEEING TWIN OR SISTER WATERSPOUTS IN
MARATHON, FL AROUND 712 PM EDT EARLIER IN
THE EVENING. THE REPORT CAME IN VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA WITH A PICTURE AND BROADCAST MEDIA
FORWARDED THE PHOTO TO US BY TAGGING US IN
THE MESSAGE. THE FIRST WATERSPOUT ON THE
LEFT SHOWED THE VISIBLE CONDENSATION FUNNEL
EXTENDED FROM THE BASE OF THE CLOUD TO JUST
BEHIND THE HOMES IN THE PICTURE. THE
CONDENSATION FUNNEL WAS SKINNY. A LITTLE
LATER ON, A VIDEO CAME IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF
THE FIRST WATERSPOUT NEAR THE SEVEN-MILE
BRIDGE. THE CONDENSATION FUNNEL WAS CLEARLY
MORE MODERATE SIZED AND CLEARLY HAD A ROBUST
SPRAY RING AT THE WATER SURFACE. THE SECOND
WATERSPOUT ON THE RIGHT WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER
WITH THE CONDENSATION FUNNEL EXTENDING ABOUT
A QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN FROM THE BASE OF
THE CLOUD. A SPRAY RING WAS ALSO NOT VISIBLE
DUE TO HOMES AND TREES OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW.
MJV
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