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Tropical Depression in Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

Tropical Depression September 3, 2018 · Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained tropical depression wind of 26 knots was recorded by the ASOS site KMIA located at Miami International Airport. A wind gust of 37 knots was recorded at 856 AM.

The wider storm

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 787340. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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