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Tropical Depression — Metro Palm Beach County, FL

Sep 3, 2018

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 st

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 787357). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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