Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 45 mph buffeted south Florida following the passage of a cold front. A 50-year old man was killed when the winds toppled a concrete wall around 3 pm at a liquor store construction site in Boynton Beach.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 45 mph buffeted south Florida following the passage of a cold front. A 50-year old man was killed when the winds toppled a concrete wall around 3 pm at a liquor store construction site in Boynton Beach. Power outages from falling branches left 26,000 electrical customers withouth service for several hours. The strong winds caused rough surf conditions and drove a 280-feet barge aground near the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Numerous small brush fires spread rapidly by the wind, briefly threatened some residences in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Coastal Palm Beach | 2000-01-14 | 50 | Male | Business | Direct |
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