Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Hawk Channel From Craig Key To West End of Seven Mile Bridge Out To the Reef, Gulf of Mexico

2023-07-26 · near Duck Key, Hawk Channel From Craig Key To West End of Seven Mile Bridge Out To the Reef, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A northeast wind gust of 34 knots was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station in the Crawl Key area of Marathon.

Wider weather episode

Deep tropical moisture surging northward in confluent lower tropospheric flow enhanced by the presence of a tropical upper tropospheric tutt (TUTT) cell over western Cuba supported scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the eastern Straits of Florida through Florida Bay.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1125062. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.