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Marine Thunderstorm Wind September 18, 2012 · Florida Bay Including Blackwater and Buttonwood Sounds, Gulf of Mexico

39 mph

Measured gust (34 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 34 knots was measured at an automated Weatherflow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.

The wider storm

Clusters of showers and thunderstorms produced scattered gale-force wind gusts as they moved toward the northeast through the Florida Keys. The thunderstorms were enhanced by a surface trough extending from the U.S. east coast through the southeast Gulf of Mexico.

Began near Plantation Key (24.9189, -80.6351).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 415425. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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