Storm Surge/Tide, Palm Beach
- When
- September 2, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Jupiter Inlet Colony
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in Florida, September 2, 1996
LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE FRAN KNOCKED 5 PEOPLE OUT OF AN 18 FOOTFISHING BOAT IN JUPITER INLET.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE FRAN KNOCKED 5 PEOPLE OUT OF AN 18 FOOTFISHING BOAT IN JUPITER INLET.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, September 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 2, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, September 2 to 11, 1996
- Hurricane in Maine, September 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, September 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 2, 1996
- High Wind in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, September 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 1996The 1996 hurricane season
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: 5563647.