1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 200 PM PST THU DEC 7 2001 TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS SURFACE GRADIENTS RELAX AND UPPER SUPPORTS DIES OUT. SO...WILL KEEP MENTION OF WINDS THROUGH/BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS...BUT DEFINATELY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. AS FOR CLOUDS...EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY. 12Z HIGH-RES ETA INDICATES DECREASE IN 975 MB RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THINK THIS MAY BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC...SO WILL INCLUDE SOME LOW CLOUDS/FOG INTO 37/38 TONIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...THICKNESSES AND BOUNDARY LAYER DECREASE ON SATURDAY. SO...WITH WEAKER OFFSHORE GRADIENTS...WILL EXPECT A FEW DEGREES COOLING FOR ALL AREAS. SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY...ATTENTION TURNS TO UPPER LOW FORECAST TO DROP ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS MOVE THIS SYSTEM QUICKLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT...WITH THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO ITS INLAND TRACK...THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY STARVED FOR MOISTURE. SO...WILL ONLY MENTION 20/30% POPS FOR THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER POPS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE...WILL MENTION ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH HIGH-RES ETA DOES SHOW GOOD AMOUNTS OF 975 MB MOISTURE ALONG INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES. MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WINDS...AS STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW. WILL MENTION BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SBA COUNTY. AS FOR HIGHS SUNDAY...WITH THE SYSTEM BRINGING IN LOTS OF COLD AIR...TEMPS ALL AREAS WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...NORTH/NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAIN CONCERN. GIVEN PROGGED WINDS AT 850/700 MB...WILL EXPECT RATHER SIGNIFICANT SUNDOWNERS FOR SBA COUNTIES...WITH ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS POSSIBLE FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND BELOW PASSES/CANYONS. AS FOR TEMPS... MONDAY SHOULD REMAIN QUITE COOL DESPITE OFFSHORE FLOW...DUE TO THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINING RATHER COOL. FOR EXTENDED...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THURDAY WITH SOME SLIGHT RECOVERY IN TEMPS. ON FRIDAY...MRF INDICATES ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT SYSTEM IS 7 DAYS AWAY...WILL NOT MENTION ANY PRECIP AT THIS TIME. LAX 0002. THOMPSON. .LOX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty north winds generated dangerous rip currents off the coast of Malibu. The rip currents capsized a kayak. One kayaker died and another was injured.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Los Angeles | 2001-12-07 | 55 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2001
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: 5273928.