Thunderstorm Wind — Sarasota, Florida

2024-01-09 · near Belspur, Sarasota, Florida

$25K

Property damage

65 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Several communities just north of Fruitville Road in the Sarasota area experienced a significant straight-line wind event with maximum estimated winds around 75 mph. The swath of damage, with a maximum width of around 370 yards, began near the intersection of Richardson Road and Fox Creek Drive and extended northeast for just under 1.5 miles before ending just northeast of the intersection of Racimo Drive and Duke Drive. The primary damage was to trees, but several structures towards the end of the path received mostly minor damage, mainly to siding.

Wider weather episode

A prefrontal squall line ahead of a cold front over the eastern Gulf of Mexico extending south from an area of low pressure moving across the southeast U.S. and Mid-Atlantic produced tornadoes in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, along with damaging straight-line winds in Sarasota County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1149972. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.