Florida, 2001Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 2001
June 6, 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 Jun 6, 2:54 AM CST, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:54 AM CST, 9 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
354 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001
TOUGH CALL THIS AM CONCERNING PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH THE AVN
MODEL THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH FAN ADVERTISING 80 POPS FOR MOB TODAY
AND ETA ON THE LOW END WITH PRACTICALLY NOTHING. EASTERN EDGE OF
RAIN AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING T.S. ALLISON JUST OUTSIDE
WESTERN EDGE OF CWA AND MOVING DUE NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEING DETECTED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS BY
ADJACENT RADARS AND 06Z RUC HAS INITIALIZED WELL WITH THIS. WILL
SOLVE SHORTCOMINGS OF OTHER MODELS IN THE NEAR TERM UTILIZING THE
RUC AND BRING SCATTERED POPS INTO THE COASTAL AND WESTERN ZONES FOR
TODAY...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA STILL UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A STACKED RIDGE.
EXPECT REMNANTS OF ALLISON TO DOMINANT THE WEATHER ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH...MAINLY DAY THREE...AS IT BECOMES PRIMARILY A PRECIPITATION
MAKER LATE IN THE WEEK AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST IN EASTERN U.S.
TROUGH.
EXTENDED...SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH
STILL PROJECTED TO HANG UP ALONG GULF COAST DURING EXTENDED
PERIOD...WITH PCPN COVERAGE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20
ACROSS THE WESTERN MARINE ZONES...SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS EASTERN ZONES.
WIND AND SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
FIRE...NO HIGHLIGHTS.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
MOB ET 086/073 084/071 086 22435
PNS ET 085/074 085/073 086 22435
DTS ET 085/076 085/075 084 22435
GZH ET 086/071 084/070 085 22225
2R0 ET 086/072 083/070 084 22445
61A ET 086/071 083/069 083 22335
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.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
Rip Current, Okaloosa
- When
- June 6, 12:00 PM CST to 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Destin
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.665, -86.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A forty-eight year old male from New Mexico drowned in rough surf near Henderson State Park. The man was swimming with his son when they were caught in a strong rip current. Bystanders were able to pull the two out of the water. The boy was unharmed but the father was unconscious and could not be revived. Tropical Storm Allison had moved North out of the western Gulf of Mexico into eastern Texas the day before. At the same time, strong High pressure was centered off the southeast Atlantic coast. The gradient between the low pressure to the west and the high pressure to the east, produced a persistent strong southerly wind flow over the coastal waters of the western Florida panhandle. This, combined with larger than normal swells which were propagated off Tropical Storm Allison, produced deadly rip currents along the Florida Panhandle beaches. The National Weather Service in Mobile had forecasted a moderate threat of rip tides for the day, and red flags were flying along the beaches to alert swimmers to the potential rip current threat. The rip current situation became so bad during the afternoon, that sirens, normally used as storm warnings, were activated at Pensacola Beach.
- 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, June 6, 20012 deaths · 2 injured · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 6, 2001$250,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001$152,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 6, 2001$71,000 · 55 kt wind · 14 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 6, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 6, 20011 injured · $25,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2001$35,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 6, 2001$5,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 6, 2001$24,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 6, 2001$25,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 6, 2001$14,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
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: 5251528.