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

2017-07-10 · near Layton, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 40 knots was measured at an automated Citizen Weather Observing Program station hosted by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control on Lower Matecumbe Key.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developing along lee convergence lines west of Andros Island of the Bahamas were possibly assisted by a remnant mid-altitude convectively-induced cyclonic circulation over the Florida Keys. The thunderstorms became robust late in the evening of July 10th and produced widespread gale-force wind gusts in the Upper and Middle Florida Keys coastal waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 717146. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.