KKEY [191846]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS52 KKEY 191846
LSRKEY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
245 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

1234 PM WATER SPOUT 8 NNW KEY WEST 24.67N 81.82W
06/19/2007 GMZ032 FL SHIP

A SNORKEL BOAT MATE REPORTED A MATURE WATERSPOUT WITH A
SPRAY RING VISIBLE ON THE SEA SURFACE IN NORTHWEST
CHANNEL...ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST
HARBOR. THE WATERSPOUT WAS ALSO SEEN BY OBSERVERS AT BOCA
CHICA NAVAL AIR STATION...KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...AND HERE AT THE FORECAST OFFICE. MOVEMENT WAS
TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 KNOTS. DURATION 12
MINUTES.

0115 PM WATER SPOUT 5 N SUGARLOAF KEY 24.70N 81.55W
06/19/2007 GMZ032 FL TRAINED SPOTTER

A LARGE AND MATURE WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED ABOUT A HALF
MILE NORTH OF THE NORTH END OF SUGARLOAF KEY. LITTLE
MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. DURATION 17 MINUTES. THE
WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER ON CUDJOE
KEY. A REPORT OF THE SAME WATERSPOUT WAS ALSO RECEIVED
FROM MILE MARKER 15 BY THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.

0157 PM WATER SPOUT 14 WNW KEY WEST 24.64N 81.98W
06/19/2007 GMZ075 FL SHIP

A SNORKEL BOAT MATE REPORTED A MATURE WATERSPOUT ABOUT 14
MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST HARBOR. MOVEMENT AND
DURATION UNKNOWN.

&&
A LONG CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUD LINE WHICH HAD PERSISTED SINCE JUST
AFTER SUNRISE...SPAWNED AT LEAST THREE MATURE /NONSUPERCELL/
WATERSPOUTS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 200 PM EDT. THE CLOUD LINE DEVELOPED
IN AN ENE-WSW ORIENTATION...PARALLEL...IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF...AND
DOWNWIND OF THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS.
$$

KBK

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