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NWUS52 KKEY 311922
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
322 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2025
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0604 PM WATERSPOUT 11 S MARATHON 24.56N 81.09W
08/30/2025 GMZ053 FL PUBLIC
THREE TO FOUR WATERSPOUTS OCCURRED SOUTH OF
MARATHON ON SATURDAY EVENING, AND WERE
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ALL OF THE
WATERSPOUTS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE LASTED
APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MINUTES. INCLUDED IN
THE REPORT WERE TWO VIDEOS OF TWO OF THE
WATERSPOUTS. THE FIRST WATERSPOUT WAS A VERY
SKINNY, MATURE WATERSPOUT WITH A VISIBLE
SPRAY RING, TILTED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE
SECOND WATERSPOUT APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE
LESS MATURE WITH THE CONDENSATION FUNNEL
REACHING APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN TO THE
SURFACE FROM THE BASE OF THE CLOUD, AND WITH
A VERY FAINT, ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE SPRAY
RING. THIS WATERSPOUT HAD VERY MINIMAL TILT
TO IT. THE PARENT CELL WAS MOVING FROM WEST
TO EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
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