Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 10, 1:46 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed several miles southeast of Key West.
Waterspouts in Florida, July 10, 1998
2 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Monroe
- When
- July 10, 4:35 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Three funnel clouds were observed 3 nm north of Key West.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 10, 5:02 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Observed just north northwest of Key West.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Utah, July 10, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 10, 1998
- Wildfire in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Mississippi, July 10, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 10, 1998
- Tornado in Idaho, July 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 10, 1998
More
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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: 5655230, 5655231, 5655089.