Storm near Palm Beach Gardens
Thursday, May 6, 2021
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 71 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 2within 8 mi
2 reports
- 61 mph gust (measured)7.3 mi NE of central Palm Beach Gardens1.4 mi S of Jupiter Inlet Colony · Palm Beach County · Mesonet
A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph (53 kt) was measured by the WxFlow mesonet station XOAK, Oakes Substation in Jupiter.
- 71 mph gust (measured)7.5 mi ENE of central Palm Beach Gardens1.6 mi NNW of Juno Beach · Palm Beach County · Mesonet
A thunderstorm wind gust of 71 mph (62 kt) was measured by the WxFlow mesonet station XJUP, Juno Beach Pier.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An upper-level trough east of the MS Valley, with its base over FL, and an embedded shortwave moving across South FL helped a late season cold front push through the region. This in combination with both the Atlantic and Gulf sea breezes developing and interacting with one another along/near the I-95 corridor allowed for ample surface convergence to occur. Environmental parameters were favorable for the development of strong to severe storms, which produced small hail, flooding, and damaging winds across the east coast metro areas of South Florida.