Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Perdido Bay Area, Gulf of Mexico
2016-05-20 · near Orange Beach, Perdido Bay Area, Gulf of Mexico
40 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A Weatherflow station, XMLP, in Perdido Bay measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 46 mph.
Wider weather episode
A vigorous and well defined mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) moved across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama during the evening of May 19th and the early morning hours of May 20th. With an unstable environment in place, a well defined line of thunderstorms moved across the coastal waters of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle during the early morning hours of May 20th.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 638000. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.