High Wind, Coastal Palm Beach
- When
- March 10, 12:00 PM EST to March 12, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Palm Beach forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
A gale center formed off of the Florida southeast coast on March 10, moved slowly north, just offshore the Florida east coast on March 11, then accelerated northeast on March 12. Beach erosion along the southeast coast was mostly minor except locally moderate in Palm Beach County.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A gale center formed off of the Florida southeast coast on March 10, moved slowly north, just offshore the Florida east coast on March 11, then accelerated northeast on March 12. Beach erosion along the southeast coast was mostly minor except locally moderate in Palm Beach County. The rough seas caused the Viking Princess cruise ship to become stranded between Palm Beach and Freeport, Bahamas for 32 hours making many passengers ill. Rainfall totals were 3 to 6 inches in Palm Beach county and 1 to 3 inches in Broward and Dade counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Winter Storm in Florida, March 10 to 11, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, March 10, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, March 10, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, March 10 to 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5540623.