High Wind, Coastal Dade
- When
- December 23, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Dade forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Florida, December 23, 2000
A 163-foot Haitian freighter, Anita, with a crew of 10 aboard, apparently suddenly sank in the Gulf Stream about 45 miles southeast of Miami while enroute from the Miami River to Haiti. No radio distress signal was received and no survivors were found.
Where it happened
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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.
A 163-foot Haitian freighter, Anita, with a crew of 10 aboard, apparently suddenly sank in the Gulf Stream about 45 miles southeast of Miami while enroute from the Miami River to Haiti. No radio distress signal was received and no survivors were found. The U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to the incident by the signal from the ship's EPIRB and while on scene observed several empty life rafts. Over the next 24 to 48 hours flotsam, mostly in the form of large barrels of household goods, washed ashore from northern Broward to Palm Beach County. A stalled front across the Straits of Florida combined with high pressure centered over West Virginia caused winds of 25 knots with gusts to 33 knots along the freighters route. The Coast Guard on scene estimated sea heights in the Gulf Stream of 12 to 16 feet.
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
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in Guam, December 23, 2000
- High Surf in California, December 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 2000
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: 5166859.