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Marine High Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine High Wind January 11, 2012 · Florida Bay Including Blackwater and Buttonwood Sounds, Gulf of Mexico

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

High winds rolled a 17-foot moored Hobie Cat, breaking the mast and separating the trampoline. A substantial atmospheric pressure drop was noted from the observer's home barometer.

The wider storm

A strong wake low developed north and west of a vigorous squall line moving east through the Florida Straits. Strong south and southwest winds developed across the coastal waters near the Lower and Middle Florida Keys and intensified across Florida Bay and Hawk Channel along the Upper Florida Keys.

Began near Key Largo (25.0998, -80.4441).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 359041. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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