Thunderstorm Wind in Hernando County, Florida
Thunderstorm Wind April 11, 2021 · Hernando County, Florida
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Broadcast media confirmed a weather related fatality on Evenglow Avenue near Hyacinth Lane in Spring Hill when a vehicle crashed into a power pole downed by a fallen tree, causing the car to catch on fire, and the occupant was electrocuted when they stepped on a live power line as they attempted to exit the vehicle.
The wider storm
Shortwave disturbance over Mid-South/Tennessee Valley region and attendant surface low with cold front extending south into the Gulf of Mexico produced a mesoscale convective system (MCS) ahead of the front that moved across the eastern gulf into West-Central and Southwest Florida, spawning a tornado and multiple, separate wind damage reports along with hail. One indirect fatality resulted when a motorist exited a vehicle due to a downed tree and inadvertently contacted a live power line.
Began near Berkeley (28.4700, -82.5200).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 943564. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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