Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco
- When
- August 6, 4:59 PM EST
- Where
- Pasco County, Port Richey
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 28.270, -82.720
Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 1996
S. Highway 19.
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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Downburst winds from a thunderstorm caused structural damage to seven mobile homes in the Shalimar Village Mobile Home Park at Stone Road and Robert Avenue near U.S. Highway 19. Two of the homes received major damage, two sustained moderate damage while an additional three mobile homes sustained minor structural damage.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 6, 1996
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 6, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
More
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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: 5571731.