FLZ068-072-074-111100-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN FL-DADE METROPOLITAN FL-PALM BEACH EASTERN FL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.WESTON.WEST PALM BEACH.TAMARAC.
SUNRISE.SOUTH MIAMI.RIVIERA BEACH.POMPANO BEACH.PLANTATION.
PEMBROKE PINES.MIRAMAR.MIAMI BEACH.MARGATE.LAKE WORTH.
KEY BISCAYNE.KENDALL.JUPITER.HOMESTEAD.HOLLYWOOD.HIALEAH.
HALLANDALE BEACH.FORT LAUDERDALE.DOWNTOWN MIAMI.DELRAY BEACH.
DEERFIELD BEACH.DAVIE.CORAL SPRINGS.CORAL GABLES.
COOPER CITY.BOYNTON BEACH & BOCA RATON
811 PM EST MON NOV 10 2003
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST TUES MORNING.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES & LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
HAS RESULTED IN STRONG NE WINDS OVER SO. FL. WINDS
ALONG THE COAST HAVE BEEN INCREASING EARLY THIS EVENING & WILL
REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST.
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS & OTHER EXPOSED AREAS OF PALM
BEACH.BROWARD.& MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 25
TO 39 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.
PERSONS IN WIND-SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION SITES, ROOFTOPS
AND SCAFFOLDING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT
TO CHOPPY CONDITIONS.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR
WEBSITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.
Howling Good Night in S. Florida.......
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Ya, been pretty breezy here as well.. http://storm2k.nhcwx.com/cgi-bin/hw3.cg ... ands=32725 Its 11 mph now, but last night we were at 20. And the rain has been pretty steady on and off as well
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power outages in south florida
WIND RELATED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1014 PM EST MON NOV 10 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 PALM BEACH POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
600 CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 MIAMI-DADE POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
1000+ CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 BROWARD POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
1000+ CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
WSVN News just reporting winds gusting to 33mph at Ft Lauderdale, and close to 40mph on Miami Beach. Beach erosion a sure bet...and also RIP CURRENTS for the holiday Tuesday.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1014 PM EST MON NOV 10 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 PALM BEACH POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
600 CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 MIAMI-DADE POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
1000+ CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
1007 PM COUNTYWIDE FL NON TSTM WND DMG
11/10/03 BROWARD POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING
1000+ CUSTOMERS. REPORT FROM
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
WSVN News just reporting winds gusting to 33mph at Ft Lauderdale, and close to 40mph on Miami Beach. Beach erosion a sure bet...and also RIP CURRENTS for the holiday Tuesday.
-justin-
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Body washes ashore in Boca as high winds, surf batter S. Florida
By Lisa J. Huriash, Patty Pensa and Neil Santaniello
Staff Writers
Posted November 12 2003
High winds that raised surf, battered beaches and caused sporadic power outages throughout South Florida may have also swamped a small boat, killing a man whose body washed ashore in Boca Raton.
The unidentified dead man washed ashore about 6 a.m. in Red Reef Park, police said.
An overturned, 21-foot boat was also found about a mile south of the body. While police said it's unclear if the body and the boat are connected, it appears the vessel had been swept onto the beach by the waves.
The high seas also swept a pair of cargo containers off a freighter that left Port Everglades early Tuesday. Two 40-foot containers fell overboard at 7:45 a.m., said U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Carleen Drummond. The freighter's captain told the Coast Guard the windy weather and high seas caused the accident, Drummond said.
The two containers -- one holding plastic glasses, the other automotive parts -- were bobbing 500 feet off Deerfield Beach about 3 p.m., Drummond said. The Coast Guard was monitoring the containers, but the freighter's owners are responsible for picking them up once they reach shore, she said.
The gusty weather is the result of a pair of fronts that have bracketed South Florida -- a high-pressure system over the southeast United States and a low-pressure system in the Caribbean. The difference in pressure between them is causing the high winds, meteorologists said.
The National Weather Service said Pompano Beach had one of the highest winds reports in Broward on Tuesday gusting at 29 mph. Fort Lauderdale followed with a gust of 28 mph. Palm Beach County, at its high, was 28 mph in western Palm Beach. A gust of 27 mph was recorded in Boca Raton, and Miami Beach had gusts more than 30 mph. Sustained winds were higher along the coast than in inland areas.
Meteorologists expect the winds to die down today, but pick up Thursday night, continue Friday and calm down again by the weekend.
The winds were blamed for sporadic power outages throughout Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties for up to a couple of hours, said Florida Power & Light spokesman Bill Swank.
Mostly, the problems are attributed to trees blowing into a wire, he said. More than 2,000 customers were affected Monday night through Tuesday. "It's windy, yes, but not the kind of thing that causes extended outages. It causes nuisances outages," Swank said.
That's not the word lifeguards used to describe the high winds' effect on South Florida beaches.
In Deerfield Beach, lifeguards rescued two people from drowning Tuesday and assisted a third.
"Tides are abnormally high and the surf's probably four- to six-foot," said lifeguard Dale Fagan. "The scene is complete chaos because it's Veterans Day and the kids are out of the school. It's a heavier than normal crowd for this day."
In Hallandale Beach, lifeguards reported rip currents and floating debris. Flags indicating sea life and rough sea conditions were posted at both lifeguard stands.
Erosion was also a problem.
"When it's high tide and there's heavy winds coming in, those waves are washing up against the sand so far up they are hitting our lifeguard tower," said Johnny Quest, operations manager for Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc., which provides lifeguard services for city. "Then it sucks the sand out back to the ocean. What occurs is a pretty steep slope; you can even see the roots of the beach plants."
The wind swept back into the ocean about 10-15 feet of sand from beaches in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, lifeguards said. Jeff Joel, a lifeguard at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton, said the beach was protected from further erosion by its rocks, which serve as jetties.
Delray Beach also lost about 15 feet of its beach, said Ocean Rescue Superintendent Bob Taylor. But the impact was minimal considering the city recently dumped hundreds of feet of sand in a renourishment project, he said.
The wind also pushed man-of-war, with their blue bubble and long tentacles, onto the beach. "You'll see a thousand little guys and one or two of the parents. Within upcoming months it'll be dangerous," Quest said.
"Warn people is all we can do. We can't stop people from going in the water," he said.
But some people managed to enjoy the weather.
Surfers came to Pompano Beach with no intentions of staying out of the water.
"That's the kind of weather they live for," said Pompano Beach's Beach Patrol Capt. Jim Kehl.
Surfers also were living it up, even late Tuesday night after dark in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
The town's fishing pier near Commercial Boulevard was closed late Monday after waves damaged a column. The pier will be closed at least a few weeks, said operator Richard Frye.
"It's not safe to go out," he said. "We don't want to take any chances something could happen since it's under a lot of stress."
Staff Writer Lori Sykes contributed to this report.
-justin-
By Lisa J. Huriash, Patty Pensa and Neil Santaniello
Staff Writers
Posted November 12 2003
High winds that raised surf, battered beaches and caused sporadic power outages throughout South Florida may have also swamped a small boat, killing a man whose body washed ashore in Boca Raton.
The unidentified dead man washed ashore about 6 a.m. in Red Reef Park, police said.
An overturned, 21-foot boat was also found about a mile south of the body. While police said it's unclear if the body and the boat are connected, it appears the vessel had been swept onto the beach by the waves.
The high seas also swept a pair of cargo containers off a freighter that left Port Everglades early Tuesday. Two 40-foot containers fell overboard at 7:45 a.m., said U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Carleen Drummond. The freighter's captain told the Coast Guard the windy weather and high seas caused the accident, Drummond said.
The two containers -- one holding plastic glasses, the other automotive parts -- were bobbing 500 feet off Deerfield Beach about 3 p.m., Drummond said. The Coast Guard was monitoring the containers, but the freighter's owners are responsible for picking them up once they reach shore, she said.
The gusty weather is the result of a pair of fronts that have bracketed South Florida -- a high-pressure system over the southeast United States and a low-pressure system in the Caribbean. The difference in pressure between them is causing the high winds, meteorologists said.
The National Weather Service said Pompano Beach had one of the highest winds reports in Broward on Tuesday gusting at 29 mph. Fort Lauderdale followed with a gust of 28 mph. Palm Beach County, at its high, was 28 mph in western Palm Beach. A gust of 27 mph was recorded in Boca Raton, and Miami Beach had gusts more than 30 mph. Sustained winds were higher along the coast than in inland areas.
Meteorologists expect the winds to die down today, but pick up Thursday night, continue Friday and calm down again by the weekend.
The winds were blamed for sporadic power outages throughout Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties for up to a couple of hours, said Florida Power & Light spokesman Bill Swank.
Mostly, the problems are attributed to trees blowing into a wire, he said. More than 2,000 customers were affected Monday night through Tuesday. "It's windy, yes, but not the kind of thing that causes extended outages. It causes nuisances outages," Swank said.
That's not the word lifeguards used to describe the high winds' effect on South Florida beaches.
In Deerfield Beach, lifeguards rescued two people from drowning Tuesday and assisted a third.
"Tides are abnormally high and the surf's probably four- to six-foot," said lifeguard Dale Fagan. "The scene is complete chaos because it's Veterans Day and the kids are out of the school. It's a heavier than normal crowd for this day."
In Hallandale Beach, lifeguards reported rip currents and floating debris. Flags indicating sea life and rough sea conditions were posted at both lifeguard stands.
Erosion was also a problem.
"When it's high tide and there's heavy winds coming in, those waves are washing up against the sand so far up they are hitting our lifeguard tower," said Johnny Quest, operations manager for Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc., which provides lifeguard services for city. "Then it sucks the sand out back to the ocean. What occurs is a pretty steep slope; you can even see the roots of the beach plants."
The wind swept back into the ocean about 10-15 feet of sand from beaches in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, lifeguards said. Jeff Joel, a lifeguard at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton, said the beach was protected from further erosion by its rocks, which serve as jetties.
Delray Beach also lost about 15 feet of its beach, said Ocean Rescue Superintendent Bob Taylor. But the impact was minimal considering the city recently dumped hundreds of feet of sand in a renourishment project, he said.
The wind also pushed man-of-war, with their blue bubble and long tentacles, onto the beach. "You'll see a thousand little guys and one or two of the parents. Within upcoming months it'll be dangerous," Quest said.
"Warn people is all we can do. We can't stop people from going in the water," he said.
But some people managed to enjoy the weather.
Surfers came to Pompano Beach with no intentions of staying out of the water.
"That's the kind of weather they live for," said Pompano Beach's Beach Patrol Capt. Jim Kehl.
Surfers also were living it up, even late Tuesday night after dark in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
The town's fishing pier near Commercial Boulevard was closed late Monday after waves damaged a column. The pier will be closed at least a few weeks, said operator Richard Frye.
"It's not safe to go out," he said. "We don't want to take any chances something could happen since it's under a lot of stress."
Staff Writer Lori Sykes contributed to this report.
-justin-
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