Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico
2021-06-27 · 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 at the Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Tavernier Substation.
Wider weather episode
Fresh east to southwest winds in combination with enhanced upper divergence from an upper low pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico resulted in gale-force wind gusts in westward-moving thunderstorms along the Upper and Lower Florida Keys.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970538. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.