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Marine High Wind April 19, 2020 · Coastal Waters From Boothville Louisiana To Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

56 mph

Measured gust (49 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Station KMIS in Main Pass Block 140B measured a 41 knot sustained wind with a gust to 49 knots as an apparent wind bore moved across the coastal waters.

The wider storm

Strong low pressure moved from the Texas Panhandle early on the 19th to Georgia on the 20th. A strong cold front combined with a very moist and unstable atmosphere to produce severe weather across south Mississippi, southeast Louisiana and the adjacent coastal waters during the daylight hours on the 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.

Began near Main Pass 140 Awos (kmis) (29.3000, -88.8400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 887105. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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