High Wind in Glades, Florida
High Wind December 26, 1998 · Glades, Florida
2
Deaths
$15K
Damage as recorded
The wider storm
A wind shift line that had been generated by thunderstorms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico propagated east across Lake Okeechobee with wind gusts near 40 knots. A bass fishing boat in 16 feet of water just east of Lake Port capsized and two persons drowned.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5677617. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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