KKEY [041255]: Preliminary Local Storm Report

NWUS52 KKEY 041255
LSRKEY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
855 AM EDT TUE SEP 04 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0750 AM WATER SPOUT 2 WSW KEY WEST 24.55N 81.80W
09/04/2012 LOWER KEYS IN MONR FL NWS EMPLOYEE

TWO WATERSPOUTS REPORTED BY AN OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
HORIZON COULD NOT BE SEEN FOR EITHER WATERSPOUT. ONE
WATERSPOUT WAS A STRAIGHT SKINNY ROPE...REACHED NEARLY TO
THE HORIZON...AND HAD A LIGHT GREY-BLUE COLOR. THE SECOND
WATERSPOUT WAS UPSTREAM FROM THE MATURE WATERSPOUT AND
WAS ABOUT 1/4 THE WAY DOWN WITH A DARK BLUE COLOR. THE
FIRST WATERSPOUT HAD A DURATION OF 15 MINUTES, WHILE THE
SECOND WATERSPOUT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. BOTH
WATERSPOUTS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NW AT ABOUT 10 MPH.


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