Florida, 2001Rip Current in Florida, April 29, 2001
April 29, 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
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 9:39 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 9:39 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1039 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2001
BASED ON LATEST FEW T/TD OBSERVATIONS...WILL EXTEND RED FLAG WARNING
TO ENTIRE NW FL PANHANDLE. RH% VALUES ARE ALREADY AOB 40% AS OF
1456Z (AND AT PLACES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST). QUICK GLANCE AT
UAIR SOUNDING INDICATE THAT PLENTY OF DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE MIXING
DOWNWARD INTO LOWEST 1 KM FOR NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
LASTLY...HAVE UPDATED MARINE ZONES BEYOND 2O NMI TO ADD SMALL CRAFT
EXERCISE CAUTION AND UP THE WIND\SEA PORTION A BIT TO REMAIN
CONSISTENT WITH ADVY CRITERIA.
.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FOR INLAND FLZ001-006-008 THIS AFTERNOON.
MS...NONE.
Rip Current, Santa Rosa
- When
- April 29, 12:00 PM 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 52 year old Walton county man drowned while swimming in rough surf near Navarre Beach. The man was swimming just offshore when he got caught in a strong rip current and drowned. The time of the downing was estimated to be around noon CST. This was the fourth person to die in strong rip currents in the area this month.
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 2001$70,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Nebraska, April 29, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 29, 20011 in hail · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 29, 20011 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 29, 20011.5 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Nebraska, April 29 to 30, 20010.75 in hail · 5 events
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 29, 2001$3,000 · 59 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail in Alabama, April 29, 20011 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 29, 2001$1,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 29 to 30, 20011 event
- Hail in Colorado, April 29, 20010.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Alabama, April 29, 20010.75 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: 5240504.