Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico
2018-04-15 · near Plantation Key, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico
35 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A wind gust of 35 knots was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.
Wider weather episode
A squall line in advance of an east-ward moving cold front in the southeast Gulf of Mexico swept through the Florida Keys. The squall line produced widespread gale-force wind gusts in as it moved from Dry Tortugas National Park during the late afternoon hours of April 15th, to Key West after sunset, and later through the upper Keys within two hours.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 754393. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.