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Marine Thunderstorm Wind January 25, 2026 · Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico

40 mph

Measured gust (35 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A Weatherflow Tempest on Sandy Hood Dr on the east side of Bay St Louis measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 40 mph or 35 knots.

The wider storm

A cold front moved east across the coastal waters of southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi during the morning of January 25th. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed along and just ahead of the front within a moist and moderately unstable airmass. As the line progressed eastward, embedded cells within this line produced severe wind gusts at multiple locations of the local marine areas.

Began near Bay Waveland Yacht Club Station (wycm6) (30.3211, -89.2903).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1311398. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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