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Thunderstorm Wind in Highlands County, Florida

Thunderstorm Wind March 20, 2018 · Highlands County, Florida

62 mph

Measured gust (54 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

The AWOS at Sebring Regional Airport reported a 62 MPH thunderstorm wind gust.

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 Sebring Air Terminal (27.4552, -81.3415).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 737433. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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