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Marine Thunderstorm Wind October 5, 2017 · Gulf of Mexico Including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of Mexico

41 mph

Measured gust (36 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 36 knots was measured at Pulaski Shoal Light.

The wider storm

The combination of a strong surface high pressure area along the U.S. east coast and a slow-moving inverted trough crossing from the Bahamas through the Straits of Florida produced a two-day duration period of numerous showers and thunderstorms containing gale-force wind gusts. The episode ended as the inverted surface trough of low pressure passed west of the Straits of Florida.

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 725792. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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