Tropical Depression — Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

2024-08-03 to 2024-08-04 · Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

Event narrative

Maximum sustained winds were in the 25 to 30 mph range across metro Miami-Dade County. Several locations recorded brief wind gusts of tropical storm force on August 3rd. Highest wind gust of 46 mph was recorded in Doral at 8:29 PM on August 3rd. There was minor wind damage, mainly to trees, across parts of the area.

Wider weather episode

The center of Debby passed about 140 miles west of Naples as a tropical storm moving north-northwest over the eastern Gulf of Mexico around 8 AM EDT on August 4th. Tropical Storm Debby intensified into a hurricane as it passed southwest of Tampa late August 4th before making landfall in the Florida Big Bend area as a Category 1 hurricane on the morning of August 5th, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and lowest central pressure of 979 mb. The outermost edge of Debby's tropical storm force wind field skirted the southwestern Florida Gulf coast on August 3rd and 4th. bringing brief tropical storm force wind gusts to most of the area. The most persistent rain bands moved over western, southern, and central sections of Collier County on August 4th, producing near-tropical storm conditions and rainfall of 4-6 inches. A storm surge of just over 3 feet, in combination with the high rainfall amounts, led to moderate coastal flooding in vulnerable storm surge locations in coastal Collier County during the high tide cycle on August 4th. The heavy rainfall also caused widespread minor to moderate inland flooding across the Naples and Golden Gate areas.

The combination of heavy rainfall and storm surge caused a total of $877,947 in damage in unincorporated sections of Collier County (excluding the cities of Marco Island, Everglades City, and Naples), with 6 properties suffering major damage and 31 with minor damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1214621. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.