Florida, 1999

Hurricane in Florida, August 29, 1999

August 29, 1999 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Large swells from Hurricane Dennis, which at the time was located off the North Carolina coast, swamped six small boats, mainly at Boca Raton and Hillsboro Inlets. One person was washed overboard and drowned.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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.

Large swells from Hurricane Dennis, which at the time was located off the North Carolina coast, swamped six small boats, mainly at Boca Raton and Hillsboro Inlets. One person was washed overboard and drowned. The swells also caused mostly minor beach erosion along the Palm Beach and Broward county shorelines.

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Event by event

1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.

Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Palm Beach

When
August 29, 11:30 PM EST
Where
Coastal Palm Beach forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Palm Beach1999-08-2946MaleIn WaterDirect

What these are

Hurricane (Typhoon)
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.

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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: 5716192.