Thunderstorm Wind — Hernando, Florida

2021-04-11 · near Berkeley, Hernando, Florida

Direct deaths

$13K

Property damage

43 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 943564. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.