Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico
2017-06-06 · near Dry Tortugas Light, Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico
42 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A wind gust of 42 knots was measured at Pulaski Shoal Light.
Wider weather episode
A synoptic-scale lower tropospheric convergence zone was aligned across the southeast Gulf of Mexico through southwest Florida. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms moved northeast along this zone, producing a few instances of gale-force wind gusts near Dry Tortugas National Park.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 711040. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.