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High Wind in Inland Lee, Florida
High Wind December 21, 2018 · Inland Lee, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
The ASOS at Fort Myers Page Field (KFMY) recorded a 51 knot gradient wind gust.
The wider storm
A strong cold front moved southeast through the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Peninsula on the 20th, preceded by a squall line. The storms produced 4 tornadoes, and damaging wind gusts, in addition to strong gradient winds behind the front on the 21st. The strong onshore winds also produced coastal flooding along the coast and moderate to major beach erosion from Pinellas County to Lee County. .
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790670. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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