Storm damage and downed trees across South Florida

NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. RIGHT NOW AT NOON, WIND HOWLING THROUGH THE PALM BEACHES AND TREASURE COAST. THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN BY ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE TREASURE COAST. THOSE WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVERNIGHT. AND A LIVE LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS AT THE JUPITER BEACH RESORT THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES CRASHING ON SHORE. VERY FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE BEACH THIS AFTERNOON. HELLO, EVERYONE. I’M TIFFANY KENNEY, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR WPBF 25 NEWS AT NOON. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS FIRST WARNING WEATHER DAY. OUR REPORTERS ARE SURVEYING THE DAMAGE FROM THOSE HIGH WINDS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST VANESSA VINENT AND SANDRA SHAW HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE CONDITIONS ALL MORNING LONG. SANDRA STARTS US OFF. SANDRA ALL RIGHT, WELL, YEAH, I WANTED TO SHOW THE JUPITER BEACH CAMERA TOO, BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON’T SEE ANY BEACH HERE. WE HAVE UP TO TEN FOOT SEAS AND THAT’S FUELED, OF COURSE, BY THESE WINDS. SO HIGH WIND ADVISORY, HIGH WIND WARNING UP THROUGH 1:00 FOR THE TREASURE COAST WHERE WE’RE STILL SEEING THESE GUSTS OF 34 MILES AN HOUR WITH A GUST IN PORT SAINT LUCIE, 32IN VERO BEACH AND 32 IN INDIANTOWN. NOW, THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW EARLIER, 55 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST IN WEST PALM. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY 56, THE HIGHEST WIND GUST IN WEST PALM BEACH. WE HAD IN KEY LARGO, WHERE THAT CENTER OF CIRCULATION WAS AT ONE POINT THIS MORNING. THEN 86 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST. AND THERE WERE SOME REPORTS OF MARINERS IN TROUBLE OVER THERE. UNDERSTANDABLY, BOCA RATON SAW A 55 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST IN PORT SAINT LUCIE, SAW A 55 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WHIP UP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. INTERMITTENTLY BLUSTERY, BUT NOT QUITE AS BAD AS WE WERE OVERNIGHT. IT JUST WAS INSANE OUT THERE. AND SO THAT’S WHY WE HAVE ALL THE POWER OUTAGES AND PROBLEMS. BY 546, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT A 30 PLUS MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST HERE AND THERE POSSIBLE WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STILL 39 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS SHOWING UP AT 8:00 ON OUR FUTURE WIND MODEL. SO BE AWARE IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WINDY. NOW, THE RAINS AREN’T GOING TO BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE AS WE GO FORWARD, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. BUT SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUING AT AT LEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE RADAR IS NOT SHOWING TOO MUCH OUT THERE. VANESSA WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT AS FAR AS THE WAVE HEIGHTS GO OUT THERE, THEY ARE UP TO TEN FEET, VANESSA, SO IT REALLY IS CHURNED UP. YEAH. AND ALSO BESIDES THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME COASTAL FLOODS AS WELL. MAKE DURING HIGH TIDES. SO WE DO HAVE THAT COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM THE TREASURE COAST DOWN INTO THE PALM BEACHES UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO AFTER 9:00 TONIGHT, WE MAY SEE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OUT THERE NEAR OUR LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE TREASURE COAST AND THE PALM BEACHES. RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET DOWN SOUTH, BUT I’M STILL TRACKING SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS IMPACTING VERO BEACH, INDIAN RIVER SHORES RIGHT OVER OCEAN BOULEVARD AND EVEN OUT TOWARDS I 95 AND UP TOWARDS FELLSMERE TRACKING PRETTY QUICKLY TOWARDS THE NORTH WEST. SO WE’LL SEE THAT TREND GOING AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT HOUR. AND THEN THINGS WILL BE IMPROVING AFTER THAT AFTER TWO AND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE’LL SEE SOME IMPACT WEATHER BY ONE, 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON ON ON AND OFF SHOWERS, POSSIBLE LOTS OF CLOUD COVERAGE AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SANDRA SHAW. WE’LL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, VANESSA, SANDRA, THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING POWER OUTAGES FROM THE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE PALM BEACHES AND TREASURE COAST. ACCORDING TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 21,000 OUTAGES, THE MOST IN OUR AREA. THE REST OF THE COUNTIES IN OUR AREA HAVE FAR FEWER. MARTIN COUNTY HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER WITH ABOUT 300 OUTAGES RIGHT NOW, THE WATER IS CLOSED TO SWIMMERS AT MARTIN COUNTY BEACHES DUE TO THE SERIOUS WEATHER. FIRE RESCUE SAYS THE WINDS WERE SO STRONG IT KNOCKED OVER THIS LIFEGUARD STAND. THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA IS ALSO URGING PEOPLE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. THERE ARE SEVERAL DOWNED POWER LINES AND RAILROAD TRACK ARMS THAT ARE BROKEN. RIO VISTA AND BERMUDA TERRACE WERE HIT ESPECIALLY HARD. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM IN NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. TAYLOR HERNANDEZ IS LIVE IN TEQUESTA THIS AFTERNOON. AND, TAYLOR, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE. WELL, TIFFANY, I ACTUALLY JUST SPOKE WITH AN FPL LINEMAN HERE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. HE TELLS ME IN THIS JUPITER TEQUESTA AREA, THERE ARE ABOUT 120 TICKETS. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THOSE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME. WE ARE OFF TEQUESTA DRIVE. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THERE ARE XFINITY TRUCKS HERE. THERE IS AN AT&T TRUCK JUST ACROSS THE STREET WORKING ON CONNECTIVITY. TEQUESTA POLICE OFFICER I SPOKE WITH SAYS A MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IN THIS BERMUDA TRACE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FROM DEBRIS. WE SAW MOST OF THAT CLEANED UP ALREADY. ACCORDING TO FIRST WARNING. METEOROLOGIST VANESSA VINENT SUSTAINED WINDS HERE REACHED UP TO ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. NOW, ANOTHER THING THAT WE NOTICED IN ADDITION TO JUST REALLY THE MESS OF DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND BY THESE REALLY STRONG WINDS WERE DAMAGED, RAILROAD CROSSINGS. WE SAW SEVERAL OF THEM ON OUR WAY FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS UP HERE TO TEQUESTA, MOST NOTABLY RIVERSIDE DRIVE AS WELL AS NEAR DONALD ROSS INDIANTOWN ROAD. THESE ARE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN THIS NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AREA. SO, OF COURSE, IF YOU’RE TRAVELING NEAR RAILROAD CROSSINGS, BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS THIS AFTERNOON, REPORTING LIVE IN TEQUESTA TAYLOR HERNANDEZ, WPBF 25 NEWS. TAYLOR, THANK YOU. AND THESE WINDS ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OUT ON OUR LOCAL BEACHES. JOSSIE CARBONARE IS LIVE AT LAKE WORTH BEACH, CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. JOSSIE. WELL, TIFFANY, AS YOU MENTIONED, THOSE WINDS ARE INTENSE AND THAT’S MAKING THE WAVES INTENSE HERE AT LAKE WORTH BEACH. YOU CAN SEE THEM SLAMMING HERE RIGHT AGAINST THE PIER. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THEM SLAM ALL DAY LONG, ALL MORNING AS WE GOT HERE. AND ALSO OVER THIS WAY, YOU CAN SEE THE PALM TREES KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT WIND. THAT’S BEEN BLOWING SO STRONGLY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THE BEACH MOSTLY CURIOUS, TRYING TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON, SOME TAKING PICTURES, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY NOT AN AREA TO BE IN RIGHT AT THIS POINT. THE LIFEGUARD ALSO HAS A RED FLAG WARNING RIGHT UP RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO STAY OFF OF THE BEACH AND OUT OF THE WATER. AND KEEP IN MIND, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THEY SAY THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO SEE HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING. THAT WILL BE UNTIL FRIDAY. REPORTING LIVE FROM LAKE WORTH BEACH, I’M JOSSIE CARBONARE, WPBF 25 NEWS. AND RIGHT NOW, A LIVE LOOK OVER OUR BOCA RATON SKYCAM OVERNIGHT, BOCA SAW WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MILES AN HOUR. CALEB CALIFANO IS AT THE BOCA RATON INLET THIS AFTERNOON. CALEB, YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ALL MORNING, ALL DAY FEELING THAT WIND? TIFFANY THAT’S RIGHT. IN HERE AT THE BOCA RATON INLET, THE WIND ARE STILL AS STRONG AS WE SAW THIS MORNING. AND THIS IS NOT EVEN THE WORST SPOT. GET CLOSER TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE INLET NEAR THE BEACH. THE WIND ONLY GETS STRONGER AROUND THAT AREA. NOW, ALL MORNING AND THROUGHOUT HERE AT NOON IN SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE HAVE SEEN PALM TREES BLOWING IN THE WIND. WE’VE SEEN WAVES CRASHING AGAINST THE INLET. BUT THAT HASN’T STOPPED PEOPLE FROM COMING UP AND TAKING PICTURES. WE EVEN TALKED TO A FEW LIFEGUARDS WHO DECIDED TO TAKE A DIP IN THE WATER THEMSELVES, ALTHOUGH THEY DON’T ADVISE ANYONE ELSE TO DO THAT. CHATTING WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO STOPPED BY THE INLET. ALL OF THEM AGREE TODAY REALLY IS NOT THE DAY TO GO OUT FOR A SWIM OR GO OUT ON THE BOAT AS WELL. THIS IS THE DAY FOR EVERYBODY TO STAY ON THE BEACH AND KEEP YOUR BOATS AT THE DOCK. NOW, HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS. SO FAR WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY BOATS CROSS THE INLET, BUT WE’LL BE MONITORING THE CONDITIONS HERE IN SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH WHAT WE SEE. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE IN BOCA RATON. CALEB CALIFANO, WPBF 25 NEWS. HE PRETTY SUMMED IT UP. KEEP YOUR BOAT AT THE DOCK, CALEB. THANK YOU. WELL, IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE WPBF 25 NEWS MOBILE APP. YOU CAN TURN ON ALERTS TO BE NOTIFIED A

Storm damage and downed trees across South Florida

WPBF 25 meteorologists have declared Thursday a First Warning Weather Day, with a rare high wind warning in effect for the coastal Treasure Coast until 1 p.m. A storm warning is also in effect for the Treasure Coast waters until 1 p.m. A wind advisory has been issued for Palm Beach County until 7 p.m. and until 4 a.m. for the Treasure Coast.A wind gust of 86 mph was reported in Key Largo, where a boater was rescued early Thursday. Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —

WPBF 25 meteorologists have declared Thursday a First Warning Weather Day, with a rare high wind warning in effect for the coastal Treasure Coast until 1 p.m.

A storm warning is also in effect for the Treasure Coast waters until 1 p.m.

A wind advisory has been issued for Palm Beach County until 7 p.m. and until 4 a.m. for the Treasure Coast.

A wind gust of 86 mph was reported in Key Largo, where a boater was rescued early Thursday.