Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico

2017-06-07 · near Dry Tortugas Light, Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 45 knots was measured at Pulaski Shoal Light.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 711053. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.