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Marine Thunderstorm Wind May 20, 2016 · Coastal Waters From Destin Fl To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A Weatherflow station, XOFP, on the Okaloosa Island Pier measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 51 mph.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Okaloosa Pier (30.3910, -86.5932).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 638002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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