Florida, 2001Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 2001
June 7, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 Jun 7, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001
TWEAKED POPS DOWN JUST A TAD ALONG COASTAL ZONES. MODERATE ONSHORE
FLOW IS KEEPING MAIN CONVERGENCE WELL TO NORTH. AS YESTERDAY...FEEL
THE MAIN MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND ALONG NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. RUC IS SHOWING SHORT
WAVE ENERGY MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND INTO NORTHERN
ALABAMA...MISSING THE LOCAL AREA ALTOGETHER. PRECIPITABLE WATER
LEVELS REMAIN HIGH. WITH A LITTLE HEATING...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OVER FAVORABLE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTORS IS PROBABALE. MM5 HAS
HANDLED RAIN PLACEMENT VERY WELL IN RECENT DAYS AND IS SHOWING
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BORDER AND
POINTS WEST BUT NOT ALONG THE COAST. FAVORING THIS SOLUTION FOR THE
NEAR TERM.
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.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
Rip Current, Santa Rosa
- When
- June 7, 1:00 PM CST to 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Navarre
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A local thirty-nine year old female was taken to a hospital after being rescued at Navarre Beach from rough waters. She and three friends were swimming in the rough surf when they were caught in a rip current. Rescuers were able to rescue the three, with the one woman being taken to the hospital, and later released.
- 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.
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 7, 20011 death · 1 injured · $60,000 · 3 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2001$9.0 million · F0 · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7 to 10, 2001$45,000 · 39 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Maryland, June 7, 2001$150,000 · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7 to 8, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 20011.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001F0 · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 200161 kt wind · 8 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 7, 2001F0 · 7 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: 5251463.