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Marine Thunderstorm Wind March 17, 2024 · Coastal Waters From Pascagoula Mississippi To Stake Island Louisiana From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

45 mph

Estimated gust (39 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Buoy 42040 70 S Sand Island measured a wind gust of 45 mph or 39 knots.

The wider storm

Several thunderstorms developed along the Rio Grande southwest of San Antonio late in the day on March 16th. Those storms tracked northeast across the Texas coastline towards Louisiana, riding along a stalled frontal boundary. Although this front provided a focus to maintain storms, surface heated in southwest Louisiana started the main enhancement of convection on the 17th. The storms eventually organized into a Mesoscale Convective System which resulted in a severe thunderstorm in the open Gulf waters south of Louisiana.

Began near Luke Offshore Test Site Station (42040) (29.2100, -88.2100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168739. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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