Thunderstorm Wind in Hardee County, Florida

Thunderstorm Wind March 20, 2018 · Hardee County, Florida

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$15K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hardee County Emergency Management forwarded pictures of numerous large tree branches snapped and fences knocked down near Wauchula. A trampoline was also blown by the wind into a pickup truck, knocking out a side window.

The wider storm

A prefrontal trough developed ahead of a cold front moving southeast through the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Peninsula on the 20th, producing numerous thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail across the Nature Coast and West Central Florida.

Began near Ona (27.5000, -81.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 737419. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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