Waterspout, Martin
- When
- January 25, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Stuart
- Coordinates
- 27.082, -80.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Florida, January 25, 1997
A waterspout in the North Fork of the St. Lucie River flipped three small boats.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
A waterspout in the North Fork of the St. Lucie River flipped three small boats. No one was injured.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 25 to 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding in California, January 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 25 to 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1997
- Flooding in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, January 25, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, January 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, January 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5596929.