Thunderstorm Wind, Okeechobee
- When
- July 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Okeechobee County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.250, -80.830
Damaging Winds in Florida, July 18, 1988
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- July 18, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.220, -81.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- July 18, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.720
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 18, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 18, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 18, 1988
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10002231, 10002232, 10002233.