High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- April 28, 2:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
A weakening front, approaching the central North Gulf Coast Monday, brought wind gusts near 40 mph to Middleton Island.
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 episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
A weakening front, approaching the central North Gulf Coast Monday, brought wind gusts near 40 mph to Middleton Island.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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