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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Gulf of Mexico

Marine Thunderstorm Wind August 26, 2021 · Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

52 mph

Measured gust (45 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

An automated residential Tempest weather station measured several wind gusts in the range of 37 to 45 knots.

The wider storm

Numerous gale-force wind gusts were recorded in association with showers and thunderstorms as a tropical wave moved slowly west through the Florida Keys. The tropical wave became amplified due to a middle-to-upper level trough of low pressure progressing westward in advance.

Began near Plantation Key (24.9589, -80.5884).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 982705. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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