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Marine Thunderstorm Wind April 3, 2024 · Chesapeake Bay Smith Pt To Windmill Pt Va, Atlantic North

59 mph
Measured gust (51 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

The Tangier Island mesonet measured a gust to 51 knots (59 miles per hour).

The wider storm

An upper level low occluded over the Great Lakes on April 3 with a stationary front across southern Virginia on the morning of the 3rd lifting north as a warm front into the afternoon. Meanwhile, a secondary surface low formed across southwestern Virginia in the morning and gradually drifted east through the afternoon into the evening along with a trailing cold front. Gusty winds occurred across the Chesapeake Bay both with scattered storms ahead of the cold front and with the surge of cooler air behind the cold front at night.

Began near Tangier Island (37.8300, -75.9900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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