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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind August 13, 2016 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

53 mph

Measured gust (46 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A wind gust of 46 knots was measured at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada along Snake Creek.

The wider storm

Widespread gale-force wind gusts occurred in association with thunderstorms within an easterly lower tropospheric wind surge, and an upper level low pressure system near the west coast of the Florida Peninsula.

Began near Plantation Key (24.9537, -80.5868).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 658645. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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