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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind June 16, 2021 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

44 mph

Measured gust (38 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 38 knots was measured by an automated weather station at a residence on Valencia Drive in Islamorada.

The wider storm

A deep upper trough of low pressure extended down the eastern United States into the northeast Gulf of Mexico, with a deep cyclonic gyre in the Bay of Campeche. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing over Cuba spread north and northeast, producing widespread gale-force wind gusts over the Florida Keys.

Began near Plantation Key (24.9573, -80.5864).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 970527. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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