Tropical Depression — Metro Palm Beach County, Florida

2019-09-03 · Metro Palm Beach County, Florida

Event narrative

The outer rain bands of Hurricane Dorian produced maximum sustained winds generally between 25-30 mph over metro Palm Beach County away from the coast, with the highest sustained reading of 26 knots/30 mph recorded at Palm Beach International Airport/PBI at 420 AM EDT on September 3rd. Wind gusts to tropical storm force were measured as high as 40-45 mph. A total of around 2,250 customers lost power in Palm Beach County, otherwise wind impacts were minor.

Lowest observed sea level pressure was 1000.3 mb at Palm Beach International Airport at 420 AM on September 3rd. Rainfall was generally between 2-3 inches.

Wider weather episode

Powerful Hurricane Dorian passed 100 miles to the east of Palm Beach County over the northwestern Bahamas. As Dorian tracked very slowly through Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, outer rain bands produced wind gusts of tropical storm force over Southeast Florida, with sustained tropical storm force winds along parts of coastal Palm Beach County. A peak storm surge of 1-2 feet was observed along portions of the Atlantic coast particularly during high tide.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 853406. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.