Florida, 2001Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2001
April 3, 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 3, 10:40 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:40 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1140 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001
WITH INCREASED SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST
...ELEVATED CAPES STILL AROUND 2000 J/KG NEAR THE COAST ...STRONG
CAPPING INVERSION OVER MUCH REGION PROGGED TO WEAKEN LATER
TONIGHT...IN RESPONSE TO NEXT STRONGER VORT MOVING IN SLOWLY FROM
THE W THROUGH WED AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP SCATTERED POPS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA FOR TeHIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH TRIM POPS JUST A
TAD TO THE NORTH AS MOST OF THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS PULLS OFF TO
THE EAST.
.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
Rip Current, Escambia
- When
- April 3, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County, Pensacola Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 44 year old male from Minnesota drowned in rough surf while trying to rescue a 10 year old playing on a boogie board. The man had gone into the rough surf to save the youth and got caught in a rip current and drowned. The boy was able to safely make it to shore. The area where the drowning occurred was not patrolled by life guards. AT the time of the drowning, yellow flags were flying along the beaches alerting people of the rough surf.
- 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.
- Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 20011 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 3, 2001$3.0 million · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, April 3, 2001$191,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$250,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$150,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$150,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in Alabama, April 3, 20011 injured · $77,000 · 5 events
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$100,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- High Wind in Georgia, April 3 to 4, 2001$35,000 · 14 events
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001$50,000 · 1.25 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: 5240432.