Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico
2019-10-08 · near Alligator Reef Light, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico
36 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A wind gust of 36 knots was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.
Wider weather episode
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.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 863396. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.