Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Coastal Waters From Destin Fl To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

2016-05-20 · near Okaloosa Pier, Coastal Waters From Destin Fl To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A Weatherflow station, XOFP, on the Okaloosa Island Pier measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 51 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 638002. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.