Tropical Depression — Inland Miami-dade, Florida

2019-09-03 · Inland Miami-dade, Florida

Event narrative

Outer rain bands of Hurricane Dorian produced maximum sustained winds generally between 25-35 mph over inland Miami-Dade County, with the highest sustained reading of 31 mph from the northwest recorded at the ASOS station at Miami Executive Airport at 250 PM on September 3rd. Tropical storm force wind gust were measured as high as 40-45 mph. A total of around 808 customers lost power in Miami-Dade County, otherwise wind impacts were minor.

Lowest sea level pressure was 1003.7 mb at Miami Executive Airport at 535 AM on September 3rd.

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 854258. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.