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Marine Thunderstorm Wind October 5, 2023 · Coastal Waters From Baffin Bay To Pt Mansfield Tx Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

46 mph

Measured gust (40 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The TCOON platform at Realitos Peninsula recorded a peak wind gust of 40 knots between 254 and 3 PM CDT. Start time of gale force winds (35 knots) began at 248 PM.

The wider storm

A line/cluster of strong thunderstorms developed along the Coastal Bend and surged southward along the Lower Texas coast, producing gale-force wind gusts along Laguna Madre and the Lower Texas Gulf waters in spots out toward 60 nautical miles during the afternoon of October 5th. Brief torrential rainfall and frequent lightning accompanied the storms, but there were no known damage reports.

Began near S Baffin Bay (26.2700, -97.2800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1145286. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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