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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind March 5, 2011 · Cameron La To High Is Tx 20 To 60nm, Gulf of Mexico

46 mph

Measured gust (40 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

An oil rig platform in High Island Block 170 measured a wind gust of 46 mph.

The wider storm

A large area of showers and thunderstorms that developed across southeast Texas early on March 5 moved eastward across the northern Gulf of Mexico throughout the morning and early afternoon hours. Several reports of strong winds were received by offshore oil rig platforms.

Began near High Island (29.2000, -94.0400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 292557. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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