Florida, 1999Tornado and Waterspouts in Florida, September 6, 1999
September 6, 1999 · NWS EYW · 5 events in 1 county or zone
4 waterspout, 1 tornado, 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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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- 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.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 6, 3:14 PM EST to 3:20 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)
2 waterspouts occurred 5 miles northwest of Key West
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 6, 6:28 PM EST to 6:36 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Tavernier
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout just offshore Tavernier
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 6, 6:34 PM EST to 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Rock Harbor
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout 1 mile north of Rock Harbor
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- September 6, 6:34 PM EST to 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Rock Harbor
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 25.070, -80.470
Waterspout moved onshore as a tornado. Only minor tree damage was observed in Rock Harbor.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 6, 7:20 PM EST to 7:31 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key Largo
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout 1 mile north of Key Largo
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 6, 1999$70,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 6, 19991 injured · $50,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, September 6, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 6, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, September 6, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6 to 7, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 6, 1999$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, September 6, 1999$30,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6 to 7, 1999$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 6, 1999$20,000 · 75 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6 to 7, 1999$20,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 6, 199950 kt wind · 3 events
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: 5714218, 5714219, 5714220, 5714221, 5714222.