High Wind — Coastal Palm Beach, Florida

1996-03-10 to 1996-03-12 · Coastal Palm Beach, Florida

Wider weather episode

A gale center formed off of the Florida southeast coast on March 10, moved slowly north, just offshore the Florida east coast on March 11, then accelerated northeast on March 12. Beach erosion along the southeast coast was mostly minor except locally moderate in Palm Beach County. The rough seas caused the Viking Princess cruise ship to become stranded between Palm Beach and Freeport, Bahamas for 32 hours making many passengers ill. Rainfall totals were 3 to 6 inches in Palm Beach county and 1 to 3 inches in Broward and Dade counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5540623. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.