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Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

2017-05-24 · near Key Largo, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

36 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A wind gust of 36 knots was measured at an automated WeatherLink station along Florida Bay on Point Pleasant Drive, Key Largo.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system over the Ohio Valley and strong trailing cold front extending into the central Gulf of Mexico and associated pre-frontal trough approached the Florida Keys. Strong thunderstorms along the pre-frontal trough and moving rapidly northeast off Cuba's north coast produce widespread gale-force wind gusts throughout the Florida Keys coastal waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 704738. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.