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

2017-12-09 · near Plantation Key, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

38 MG
Magnitude

Event narrative

A wind gust of 38 knots was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.

Wider weather episode

A quasi-linear convective system swept through the Florida Keys from northwest to southeast. Widespread reports of gale-force wind gusts associated with the convective line along with a few waterspouts were received throughout the Florida Keys coastal waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 732411. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.