Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay, Gulf of Mexico

2015-09-15 · near Plantation Key, Florida Bay, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 37 knots was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.

Wider weather episode

A westward-moving tropical wave produced several rounds of showers and thunderstorms with gale-force wind gusts. The strongest wind gusts initially reached the Upper Florida Keys coastal waters late evening on September 14th and the early morning hours of the 15th, then spread throughout the Lower Florida Keys coastal waters during the afternoon of the 15th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 603157. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.