Florida, 2001Rip Current in Florida, April 13, 2001
April 13, 2001 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 1
- 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 forecasters said that day
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 13, 2:12 AM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:12 AM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
230 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2001
00Z SOUNDINGS FROM POINTS NORTH INDICATE FRONTAL INVERSION IN MID TO
LOW LEVELS...WITH ISENTROPIC LAYER BELOW 800 MB. 700 MB OMEGAS
INDICATE A SLIGHT LIFT AND WITH 130600Z SURFACE ANALYSIS HAVING
A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTH GEORGIA TO NEAR BHM...
CONTINUING SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON. GEOPOTENTIAL
HGT PATTERN INDICATES FRONT WONT MOVE MUCH TODAY.
WEAK VORTICITY LOBES OF 00Z ETA DISCUSSED EARLIER SHOW SOME PROGRESS
ALONG THE PREVAILING 500 MB FLOW...BUT LIMITED TO VICINITY OF UPPER
JET IN NORTH AL AND MS. MINIMAL ANOMALIES IN OUR CWA...AND WITH 850
FLOW BECOMING MORE WESTERLY TODAY. IT IS STILL NCREASINGLY PARALLEL
TO THE UPPER FLOW UNTIL ABOUT 18Z AND THEN BEGINS TO BACK WITH HEIGHT
BY 00Z SAT. THIS SEEMS TO FIT OVERALL SUBSIDENCE REGIME BUT STILL CAN
ENVISION AFTERNOON SEABREEZE REVIVAL WITH RAIN CHANCES ENHANCED ALONG
AN INVADING DRY 850 BDY...INDICATED BY MESO-ETA...LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INLAND. ETA ALSO SHOWS A THETA-E RIDGE AND CAPE RIDGE OF 2000 POKING
IN FROM 18Z TO 00Z THIS AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
MAV GUIDANCE IS GOING 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON UP NORTH AND 20
ELSEWHERE EXCEPT THE COAST WHICH WILL BE ISOLD POPS...AND THAT TO US
IS A MARCHABLE TUNE. ACTUALLY WOULD CONSIDER TWEAKING POPS UP SOME
THERE BUT WILL LEAVE IT FOR NOW. TEMPS...ESP MAX TEMPS...INDICATE
THE FWC GUIDANCE IS WAY TOO COOL SO WILL LEANING TOWARD AVN THERE.
MARINE...CHANGES ARE MINOR SO FAR FROM THE LAST CYCLE IN THE NEAR
TERM.
EXTENDED...NO CHANGES.
PRELIMS...
MOB EB 086/070 084/064 084 77103
PNS EB 083/069 082/067 083 77103
DTS EB 081/070 082/067 082 77103
GZH CE 086/061 083/062 084 77212
2R0 CC 085/062 083/064 083 77412
61A CC 085/062 083/064 083 77412
.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
YOUR FORECAST CREW: 77/10
Rip Current, Santa Rosa
- When
- April 13, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Navarre
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 45 year old male drowned while swimming in rough water with his family near Navarre Beach. The family was vacationing at the beach and were from Maryland. The family got caught in a strong rip current and lifeguards were able to save the man's wife and son. By the time they got back to him he had drowned. Red flags were flying along the beaches warning people of dangerous surf. The family was swimming at an area that was near, but not patrolled by life guards.
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding in Iowa, April 13 to 30, 2001$4.5 million · 2 events
- Flood in New York, April 13 to 16, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 13 to 15, 20017 events
- Flooding in Missouri, April 13 to 30, 20016 events
- Flooding in Illinois, April 13 to 30, 20014 events
- Flood in Connecticut, April 13 to 20, 20011 event
- Flood in Connecticut, April 13 to 21, 20011 event
- Flood in Vermont, April 13 to 15, 2001$5,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, April 13, 20011 in hail · 1 event
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: 5240503.