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Marine Thunderstorm Wind August 21, 2012 · Florida Bay Including Blackwater and Buttonwood Sounds, Gulf of Mexico

44 mph

Measured gust (38 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A wind gust of 38 knots was measured at Long Key Light.

The wider storm

Numerous showers and thunderstorms moved north from the Florida Straits and over much of the Lower and Middle Florida Keys. Scattered gale-force wind gusts occurred with the thunderstorms, which were associated with several mesoscale boundaries embedded within deep tropical moisture.

Began near Layton (24.8400, -80.8600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 411242. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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