Thunderstorm Wind — Highlands, Florida
2019-04-19 · near Lake Placid, Highlands, Florida
$5K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A large tree was uprooted in the Leisure Lake subdivision of Placid Lakes.
Wider weather episode
A cold front moving southeast through the eastern Gulf of Mexico into the Florida Peninsula helped produce a band of strong thunderstorms, causing severe wind gusts and widespread damage.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 808370. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.