High Wind in Coastal Sarasota, Florida

High Wind December 21, 2021 · Coastal Sarasota, Florida

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

AWOS located at the Venice Airport reported a strong wind gust.

The wider storm

A low pressure formed in the Gulf of Mexico along with a cold front. These two features pushed across the state as it started to deepen. This caused high winds and spawned a tornado in West Central Florida.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991161. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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