1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 6, 1:48 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 248 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 MOIST ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CAMPED OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND THE REMNANTS OF TS ALLISON...NOW QUASISTATIONARY OVER EASTERN TEXAS CUTOFF FROM MAIN WESTERLY FLOW. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TODAY INTO TOMORROW IS THE DEADLY POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS. OFFICIALS FROM OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA AND BALDWIN COUNTY IN ALABAMA REPORT SEVERAL RIP CURRENT RESCUES TODAY...WITH AT LEAST ONE DEATH. MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE PERSISTED SINCE EARLY YESTERDAY COUPLED WITH MODERATE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST SWELLS...PROBABLY HELPED IN PART BY ALLISON. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL LESSEN TOMORROW AS GRADIENT LOOSENS...AND SWELL HEIGHTS AND PERIODS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AS WINDS CALM DOWN OVER THE WESTERN GULF. HOWEVER...MAIN INGREDIENTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR RIPS TOMORROW...POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED BY CONTINUED GOUGING OF BEACH SAND BY ROUGH SURF. OTHERWISE IN THE MARINE...WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION REMARK. MAIN MOISTURE AXIS IS OVER EASTERN TEXAS INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. BIG THREE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT MOVING MAIN MOISTURE AXIS TO THE EAST AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTHWARD. PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS ARE AT OR ABOVE TWO INCHES FOR THE MOST PART WITHIN THE MOISTURE AXIS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING THE MAIN THREATS TO THE WEST. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE AN ISSUE LOCALLY TOMORROW BUT TOO EARLY RIGHT NOW FOR A WATCH. KLIX RADAR HAS BEEN DEPICTING WEAK ROTATIONS EMBEDDED IN THE SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THIS MAY PERSIST ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RAIN BANDS...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DUE TO LOW HELICITY VALUES AND VERY MOIST LOWER ATMOSPHERE. FOR THE FORECAST...TONIGHT WILL SEE BETTER POPS TO WEST WITH MUGGY OVERNIGHT LOWS. WILL GO LIKELY POPS TOMORROW FOR ALL BUT COASTAL PANHANDLE ZONES WHERE WILL GO GOOD CHANCE. CLOUD COVER SHOULD DAMPEN AFTERNOON HIGHS. FRIDAYS RAIN WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON HOW MUCH TROPICAL MOISTURE IS STILL IN PLACE. MODELS ARE SHOW LARGE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE...WITH AVIATION DEPICTING A SHORT WAVE TO HELP CONVECTION. CONSIDERING CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS AGAIN. EXTENDED...GOING TO KEEP CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DRIER PERIOD WILL START IN EARNEST ON SUNDAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WILL GO ABOVE MEX TEMPS WHICH ARE MUCH LOWER THAN SEASONAL AVERAGES. NOTE...RADAR TECHNICIANS ARE FINISHING REPAIRS OF KMOB RADAR RIGHT NOW. HOPE TO HAVE THE RADAR UP THIS AFTERNOON. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MOB RC 076/084 074/086 073 13465 PNS RC 077/083 075/087 074 13355 DTS RC 078/083 076/085 075 13255 GZH RC 072/083 071/086 070 13366 2R0 RC 071/082 071/085 070 13675 61A RC 071/083 070/085 070 13366 /13 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT BEING REALIZED ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SWIMMERS BEING CAUGHT IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS FROM GULF SHORES EAST THROUGH THE PENSACOLA...NAVARRE...AND DESTIN AREAS. 1 FATALITY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THIS MORNING BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA. PENSACOLA BEACH AND GULF SHORES OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS RESCUE EVENTS TODAY. PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE BEACHES FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND EAST THROUGH DESTIN WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TOMORROW. PERSONS SPENDING TIME ON THE BEACHES SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY CAUTIONARY WARNINGS GIVEN BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND HEED THEM. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT WHILE SWIMMING...DO NOT PANIC. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT AS THIS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT...EVEN FOR AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER. IF YOU CAN...TREAD WATER AND FLOAT. CALL OR WAVE FOR ASSISTANCE. YOU CAN ALSO TRY TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF THE STRONG CURRENT...THEN SWIM DIRECTLY TO SHORE. DO NOT SWIM ALONE. SWIM ONLY AT BEACHES SERVICED BY LIFEGUARDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Two swimmers were caught in rough surf while swimming near Pensacola Beach. They were overcome by strong rip currents. They were able to be rescued and were hospitalized and later released.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5251530.