File:Hurricane Irma max wind gusts West-Central Florida.jpg
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English: Preliminary top observed wind gusts (miles per hour; 1 mph = 1.6 km/h) during Hurricane Irma in the west central Florida counties within the area of responsibility for the National Weather Service's Ruskin (Tampa Bay) office. This file was made a few hours after Irma's passage and these preliminary measurements are subject to review, calibration of equipment, and other error corrections. Numbers in purple are hurricane force (74+ mph). Numbers in red are tropical storm force (39-73 mph). |
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Hurricane Irma preliminary maximum wind gust maps/tables released by the NWS local offices in Florida and the most affected parts of Alabama and Georgia on 10-12 September 2017:
No gust maps/tables was released by the Key West office (covering Florida Keys), the Mobile office (covering the western Florida Panhandle and southwest Alabama), Birmingham office (covering central Alabama), or the San Juan office (covering Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) on their Twitter accounts or their websites (as of September 19, 2017). The Birmingham office linked to this (archive URL) public information statement and this (archive URL) post-storm impact webpage, which both include the highest recorded wind speeds in their region. The San Juan office released this (archive URL) post-storm report, which includes the highest wind speeds measured in their area of responsibility.
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