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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind October 8, 2019 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, 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 an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.

The wider storm

An isolated thunderstorm produced gale-force wind gusts in Islamorada, between a large longwave trough over the western Gulf of Mexico and a strong subtropical high pressure system over the Caribbean Sea.

Began near Alligator Reef Light (24.9189, -80.6351).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 863396. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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