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Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Coastal Waters From Stake Island Louisiana To Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

2024-02-03 · near Thunderhorse Platform (42887), Coastal Waters From Stake Island Louisiana To Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

42 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

The mesonet station KGLX Mississippi Canyon 724 measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 42 knots or 48 mph.

Wider weather episode

A surface low developed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. As this low and developing cold front appendant to it tracked east along the northern Gulf Coast, a wide swath of showers and coastal thunderstorms moved across the coastal waters. Lightning data showed that the vast majority of storms to be offshore, where the warm sector was. It's in this area that the storms were able to utilize available elevated instability. Further buoyancy from pressure height falls as the surface low moves in closer and mid-level heights fall enhanced robustness of thunderstorms. Several marine locations recorded severe wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1162368. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.