Hurricane (Typhoon) — Coastal Dade, Florida

2005-07-08 to 2005-07-10 · Coastal Dade, Florida

Wider weather episode

As Hurricane Dennis moved through the northwest Caribbean Sea and southeast Gulf of Mexico the outer fringes affected south Florida. Several strong squalls moved across the area...mainly from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. Overall damage across south Florida was minor and consisted mostly of uprooted trees or tree limbs blow down causing some damage to structure roofs...vehicles and power lines. FP&L estimated power outages to 463,000 customers. There was one known direct death...a man who drowned on Thursday afternoon in a likely rip current off of Hollywood Beach. An indirect death occurred in Fort Lauderdale when a man was electrocuted after stepping on a downed power line.Peak wind gusts at land locations included 69 mph at Miami Beach...68 mph at Flamingo...67 mph at Opa Locka Airport...64 mph at Tamiami Airport...58 mph at North Perry Airport...54 mph at Naples Airport...53 mph at Virginia Key...51 mph at Miami International Airport...50 mph at Pompano Beach Airport and 47 mph at For Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Over water, a peak gust of 84 mph was measured at the C-MAN station at Fowey Rocks Light.Mostly minor coastal flooding was observed. Along the southwest Florida coast the maximum storm surge was 2.6 feet with a maximum storm tide of 4.2 feet measured at Naples Pier. Along the southeast Florida Coast the maximum surge was less than one foot.Rainfall flooding was mostly minor with official rainfall amounts for the 72 hour period from Friday through Sunday ranging from one to nearly seven inches with an average of two to four inches across much of south Florida. The peak amount was 6.89 inches in Perrine with 5.03 inches in Hollywood and 4.36 inches at Fort Lauderdale.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5452813. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.