Tropical Storm — Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

2018-09-03 · Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

Event narrative

Sustained tropical storm force winds of 34 knots was recorded by ASOS site KOPF located at Opa-Locka Airport. A wind gust of 44 knots was also recorded at the site at 813 AM EDT.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system moving across the tropical Atlantic into the Bahamas formed into Tropical Storm Gordon near the South Florida peninsula. Although the effects from Tropical Storm Gordon were fairly minor for South Florida, sustained Tropical Storm force winds were felt across portions of Miami-Dade and Broward County. Miami-Dade and Broward reported slightly higher amount of power outages than a typical day across the region. Due to some heavy rainbands Miami-Dade county experienced some street flooding that led to partial lane closures. However, no structural flooding was reported with all flood impacts relatively minor.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 787285. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.