Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- August 10, 6:10 PM EST to 6:48 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Marathon
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 miles west of Marathon
Waterspouts in Florida, August 10, 1999
2 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 23:09 UTC.
Event by event
2 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- August 10, 7:08 PM EST to 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Marathon
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
3 miles southeast of Marathon
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
- Heat in Texas, August 10 to 12, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 10 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, August 10 to 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1999
- Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Oregon, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 1999
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: 5706748, 5706749.