Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Coastal Waters From Pascagoula Mississippi To Stake Island Louisiana From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

2024-03-17 · near Luke Offshore Test Site Station (42040), Coastal Waters From Pascagoula Mississippi To Stake Island Louisiana From 20 To 60 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (29.2100, -88.2100)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1168739. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.