Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 21, 11:19 AM EST to 11:25 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 2 miles south of EYW
Waterspouts in Florida, July 21, 1999
4 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 16:18 UTC.
Event by event
4 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 21, 11:30 AM EST to 11:38 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 1 mile south of EYW
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 21, 11:50 AM EST to 12:07 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 1 miles south of Higgs Beach in Key West
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- July 21, 5:22 PM EST to 5:28 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 2 miles northwest of EYW
Funnel Cloud, Monroe
- When
- July 21, 5:29 PM EST to 5:32 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud observed 2 miles northwest of EYW
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
- Heat in Illinois, July 21 to 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5705116, 5705117, 5705118, 5705119, 5705120.