High Wind — Coastal Palm Beach, Florida

2000-01-14 · Coastal Palm Beach, Florida

Direct deaths

$100K

Property damage

40 E

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 45 mph buffeted south Florida following the passage of a cold front. A 50-year old man was killed when the winds toppled a concrete wall around 3 pm at a liquor store construction site in Boynton Beach. Power outages from falling branches left 26,000 electrical customers withouth service for several hours. The strong winds caused rough surf conditions and drove a 280-feet barge aground near the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Numerous small brush fires spread rapidly by the wind, briefly threatened some residences in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5127542. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.