Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- May 20, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Tamarac to Fll
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Power lines were blown down in the Tamarac area
Damaging Winds in Florida, May 20, 1995
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $14,000
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Manatee
- When
- May 20, 6:30 AM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Bradenton to Tpa
- Coordinates
- 27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees in Bradenton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 20, 7:15 AM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Bartow to Tpa
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew a large two- to three-feet wide and 25- to 30-feet long branch onto a vehicle causing $5,000 damage. Another two-foot wide branch was downed on a home which destroyed the screen porch and severely damaged the roof causing losses of $7,000.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10318049, 10320121, 10319784.