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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind June 7, 2017 · Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico

52 mph

Measured gust (45 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 45 knots was measured at Pulaski Shoal Light.

The wider storm

A deep cyclonic circulation over the central Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula moved northeast into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. A tropical moisture plume was aligned from the western Caribbean Sea over the southeast Gulf of Mexico and south Florida. Numerous rounds of thunderstorms with multiple convective modes, including multicell clusters and isolated supercells, produced numerous areas of gale-force wind gusts.

Began near Dry Tortugas Light (24.6930, -82.7730).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 711053. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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