Hurricane (Typhoon) — Monroe/Lower Keys, Florida
September 9, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
The eye of Hurricane Irma moved ashore in the Lower Florida Keys over Cudjoe Key at 9:10 am EDT Sunday, September 10, with a minimum central pressure of 929 mb and maximum sustained winds near 115 knots (130 mph). The highest sustained winds in the Lower Florida Keys were measured at 61 knots (70 mph) at a NOAA National Ocean Service station at Key West Harbor, with a peak measured gusts at 120 mph at the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge and a private residence on Big Pine Key. Storm survey evidence of hurricane-force wind gusts include: From Ohio, Missouri, Bahia Honda through Little Torch Keys, the strongest estimated winds were evident, possibly attributable to a mesoscale eyewall vortex circulation within the northeast quadrant of the eyewall. A general path of of maximum wind dam
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.