AVENTURA, FLA. (WSVN) - - A couple of thunderstorms have brushed the shoreline of South Florida, causing a tornado to form near Aventura.
The tornado was spotted by several people just after 1 p.m., Wednesday.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado lasted approximately 10 minutes.
7News viewers sent in videos of the funnel cloud near the Golden Beach area, just east of A1A.
“And I looked over the intercoastal towards Golden Beach, and saw about, maybe, a 100-foot wide water spout looking like it was moving onto shore. It was pretty amazing,” Craig Bidwell said.
“What a spout here. Unbelievable,” Sandy Blum said.
The ocean water whirled into a vortex before inching toward the beach in South Broward and North Miami-Dade.
“It was a scary thing,” Eugene Torgovitsky said. “I saw the funnel approaching the beach. I saw that maybe it was about 100 yards. I started shutting everything on the 40th floor. I started shutting my windows down.”
The NWS said the tornado came very close to the shore before dissipating. However, it may have caused some damage across coastal areas, which is consistent with damage from EF-0 tornados with 65 to 85 mile per hour winds.
“Although it appeared for three to four minutes, it crossed the entire Golden Beach area,” Jim Nevin said.
“I was trying to get away from it because I didn’t know how close it was because it looked so close. I didn’t know it was so far away from me,” city worker Brian Phillips said.
7SkyForce hovered over a residential area near Golden Beach where crews could be seen working to pick up downed trees.
“I saw some chairs flying around, and that’s when I said, ‘Oh, that’s not normal,'” Julio Grisales said.
Lawn furniture was also tossed around, a tarp was pulled from the roof, and even some personal belongings ended up in the ocean.
No injuries were reported.
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