Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- May 29, 4:15 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Big Coppit Is
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotter reported waterspout north of mile marker 10. Little movement.
Waterspout in Florida, May 29, 1998
1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 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
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, May 29, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, May 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 1998
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: 5641315.