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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind December 19, 2022 · Coastal Waters From Port Fourchon Louisiana To Lower Atchafalaya River Louisiana From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

70 mph

Measured gust (61 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Ship Shoal Oil Platform KSPR measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph or 61 knots.

The wider storm

A surface low developed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico on December 19th and tracked eastward across the northern Gulf through the afternoon and evening hours. A warm front oriented west-to-east appendant to that low, was the focal point for thunderstorms in the local coastal waters. A couple storms along and south of the warm front in the warm sector, where warm and moist air was in place, reached severe limits and producing severe thunderstorm winds on an oil platform.

Began near Ship Shoal Oil Platform (kspr) (28.6000, -91.2000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1071296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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