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

2017-09-30 · near Dry Tortugas Light, Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 36 knots was measured at Pulaski Shoal Light.

Wider weather episode

Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms over the southeast Gulf of Mexico produced brief gale-force wind gusts near Dry Tortugas National Park. A weak trough of low pressure extended north-to-south over the western Florida Straits and southeast Gulf of Mexico.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 723448. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.