High Wind, Pinellas
- When
- November 15, 2:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Florida, November 15, 1996
Non-thunderstorm winds of 40 to 50 mph downed a few trees onto power lines which caused power outages to nearly 11,000 Pinellas county residents for a few hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $10,000
- 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.
Non-thunderstorm winds of 40 to 50 mph downed a few trees onto power lines which caused power outages to nearly 11,000 Pinellas county residents for a few hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 15 to 17, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, November 15, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Florida, November 15 to 16, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, November 15, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, November 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 15 to 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, November 15 to 16, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, November 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 15 to 16, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, November 15 to 16, 1996
- High Surf in Florida, November 15 to 16, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, November 15 to 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, November 1996
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: 5580097.