Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Hawk Channel From West End of Seven Mile Bridge To Halfmoon Shoal Out To the Reef, Gulf of Mexico

2025-08-23 · near Summerland Key, Hawk Channel From West End of Seven Mile Bridge To Halfmoon Shoal Out To the Reef, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 40 knots was measured at an automated Citizen Weather Observing Program station near the south shore of Cudjoe Bay.

Wider weather episode

After an afternoon with a convective cloud line over the Lower Florida Keys, a slowly moving outflow boundary moved south, initiating substantial thunderstorm development just north of the Lower Florida Keys.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.