Tropical Depression — Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

2017-10-28 to 2017-10-29 · Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

Event narrative

Tropical Storm Philippe produced maximum sustained winds generally between 20 and 30 knots (25 and 35 mph) across metropolitan Miami-Dade County for around 2 hours during the late evening hours of October 28th. A peak gust of 36 knots (41 mph) was measured at Miami International Airport during the late night hours. Minor tree damage was reported across the area, with no significant property damage reported.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Philippe was a very disorganized storm as it moved across the Florida Straits on October 28th, making landfall in extreme South Florida along the Florida Bay on October 29th as a minimal tropical storm with a lowest central pressure of 1000 mb. The central pressure of Philippe later deepened to 997 mb east of Florida on October 29th.

The storm brought widespread rainfall across all of South Florida, with average amounts of 2 to 4 inches across the region. A higher swath of 4 to 8 inches with isolated 10 to 11 inches was recorded across northern Broward and southern Palm Beach counties, mainly along the coast from Fort Lauderdale northward. Localized roadway flooding was reported with this activity.

The wind impacts of Philippe were limited to the east coast of South Florida. While no locations on land experienced sustained tropical storm force winds, a few locations across Miami-Dade and Broward counties did see gusts to tropical storm force during the overnight hours of October 28th into October 29th. These gusts led to reports of minor tree damage, mainly in Miami-Dade County.

Three tornadoes also occurred with the passage of Philippe.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 724210. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.