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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind June 19, 2017 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

49 mph

Measured gust (43 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A wind gust of 43 knots was measured during the passage of a rain squall at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada on Plantation Key.

The wider storm

A warm-core low pressure system over of the southern Gulf of Mexico helped focus a convective band through the Florida Straits and southeast Gulf of Mexico. A few areas of convective gale-force winds were observed, along with a brief episode of gale-force non-convective winds over the western Florida Straits.

Began near Plantation Key (24.9537, -80.5868).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 711084. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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