Tropical Depression — Metro Broward County, Florida

2019-09-03 · Metro Broward County, Florida

Event narrative

Outer rain bands of Hurricane Dorian produced maximum sustained winds generally between 25-35 mph over metro Broward County, with the highest sustained reading of 30 mph from the west-northwest recorded at the ASOS station at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at 235 PM on September 3rd. Tropical storm force wind gusts were measured as high as 40-50 mph. A total of around 808 customers lost power in Broward County, otherwise wind impacts were minor.

Lowest observed sea level pressure was 1001.4 mb at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at 520 AM EDT 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 854253. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.