Thunderstorm Wind in Highlands County, Florida

Thunderstorm Wind May 29, 2016 · Highlands County, Florida

46 mph

Estimated gust (40 kt)

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Highlands County Emergency Management reported that a total of 10 homes sustained wind damage in a mobile home park. Two of the homes became uninhabitable, while the other eight sustained minor damage. A video of the event appears to show the damage was caused by a gustnado along a shelf cloud boundary.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed along sea breeze boundaries. One of the stronger thunderstorms generated a brief lived gustnado that caused damage to several mobile homes in Sebring.

Began near Lake Jackson (27.4767, -81.4898).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 627076. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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