Florida, 1997Waterspouts in Florida, September 16, 1997
September 16, 1997 · NWS MFL · 4 events in 1 county or zone
4 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 16, 6:58 AM EST to 7:15 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Long Key
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
one waterspout south of tennessee light. another waterspout just southeast of long key.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 16, 8:53 AM EST to 9:10 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Long Key
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
observed 3nm southeast of long key.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 16, 10:46 AM EST to 10:53 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West Intl Arpt
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
observed southwest of keyw.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 16, 12:35 PM EST to 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West Intl Arpt
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
observed northwest of keyw.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 16, 1997$205,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, September 16, 1997$68,000 · 19 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, September 16, 1997$57,000 · 8 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 16 to 17, 1997$55,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Iowa, September 16, 199754 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 16, 1997$4,000 · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 16, 1997$6,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 16, 199752 kt wind · 3 events
- High Wind in Oregon, September 16 to 17, 199761 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in North Dakota, September 16, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 16, 1997$3,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Oregon, September 16, 19971 event
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: 5618115, 5618116, 5618117, 5618118.