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Marine Strong Wind November 22, 2013 · Coastal Waters From Baffin Bay To Pt Mansfield Tx Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

40 mph

Measured gust (35 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 16 foot pleasure craft took on water during the early evening hours of November 22nd, in the Brownsville Ship Channel, near the Jaime J. Zapata Memorial Boat Ramp A Gale Warning was in effect and gale force wind gusts were recorded at nearby KSPL and the South Padre Island Coast Guard Station. Three men were rescued from the swamped boat with no injuries reported.

The wider storm

Modified polar air swept from western Canada and across the Lower Texas Coastal Waters on the afternoon of November 22nd. Strong northerly winds behind the front brought gale force winds for several hours after the frontal passage. The gale force winds led to a boat taking on water in the Laguna Madre late that afternoon.

Began near S Baffin Bay (25.9987, -97.2894).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 485583. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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