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Tropical Depression — Metropolitan Miami-Dade, FL

Aug 1, 2020

A low pressure system moving across the tropical Atlantic into the eastern Caribbean Sea formed into Tropical Storm Isaias on July 28th. While the system briefly became a hurricane near Great Inagua Island on July 30th, it was downgraded back to a Tropical Storm as it moved over Andros Island on August 1st with a minimum central pressure of 993 mb. Isaias gradually turned to the N-NW and the center passed about 30-40 miles east of the Palm Beach County coast during the morning of August 2nd with

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 912562). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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