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Thunderstorm Wind in Sumter County, Florida

Thunderstorm Wind February 15, 2017 · Sumter County, Florida

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several trees were reported to be knocked down around Florida's Turnpike.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms developed along a cold front that passed through the Florida Peninsula on the afternoon and evening of the 15th. Some of these thunderstorms caused damaging wind gusts in Sumter County.

Began near Bamboo (28.8200, -82.0200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 672636. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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