1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 1, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 ...UPDATED TO INCLUDE TROPICAL STORM WATCH... ORIGINAL DISCUSSION FOLLOWS CAMP ----- INITIAL FCST MAY CHANGE PENDING 5 PM ADVISORY FOR TD5. CURRENT...COMBINATION OF CONVERGENT NORTHEASTERLY FLOW AND A BIT OF A SEA BREEZE HELPING KICK OFF SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTORMS ACROSS NE FLORIDA THIS AFTN. EXPECT COVERAGE TO INCREASE SOME THIS PM AS NE FLOW CONTINUES AND SEA BREEZE WORKS INLAND WHERE MORE HEATING HAS OCCURRED...OCALA CURRENTLY AT 88 DEGREES. SOUTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS SOCKED IN WITH LOW CLOUDS AND TEMPS REMAIN BELOW 80. DOES NOT APPEAR LIKE THAT AREA WILL BREAK OUT TODAY. FORECAST...IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS FORECAST IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON FUTURE OF NOW T.D. #5 WHICH IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYPORT. MODELS TAKE SYSTEM NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH TOWARDS THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST KEEPING THE CENTER 100 MILES OR SO OFFSHORE OF MAYPORT. ALONG THIS TRACK THE CWA WOULD REMAIN ON THE DRY SIDE WITH SUBSIDENSE INCREASING WITH TIME. THIS WOULD PRECLUDE SUBSTANTIAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT COASTAL SHOWERS ARE LIKELY...UNTIL THE FLOW SHIFTS AROUND TO OFFSHORE. FOR MONDAY WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS...AT LEAST GOOD CHANCE...ALONG THE COAST WITH LOWER POPS...CHANCE...INLAND NE FLORIDA. IF THE SYSTEM DOES PROGRESS TO THE NORTH POPS WILL BE QUITE LOW FOR TUESDAY. FOR SE GEORGIA...LOW CLOUDS ARE HANGING IN AND WILL MAY HANG AROUND FOR A GOOD WHILE ON MONDAY. BY LATE IN THE DAY ENOUGH DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE MAY BE IN PLACE TO FORCE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. BY TUESDAY...SUBSIDENCE SHOULD BE IN PLACE AND LOW CLOUDS GONE. WILL HOLD TEMPS BELOW GUIDANCE OVER SE GEORGIA FOR MONDAY BEFORE HEATING THEM UP FOR TUESDAY AND KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY. EXTNDD...UNFORTUNATLY EXTENDED FCST STILL DEPENDENT ON TROPICAL SYSTEM. FOR NOW...UPPER PATTERN EXPECTED TO SHIFT WITH A LARGE DEEP LAYER RIDGE PROGGED TO BUILD OVER CENTRAL U.S. WITH STEERING FLOW OVER TROPICAL SYSTEM COLLAPSING. MODELS HANG A SFC LOW OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS LONG AS THIS FEATURE STAYS TO THE EAST...DRY AIR SHOULD GET PUMPED SOUTH ACROSS AREA SO WILL GENERALLY GO BELOW CLIMO POPS AND NEAR CLIMO TEMPS FOR MOST AREAS. THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OF COURSE. MARINE...WILL HOIST SCA TONIGHT AS WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH APPROACH OF TD5. FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON FUTURE TRACK AND INTENSITY. PRELIM CCF... AMG EB 072/083 072/089 071 25122 SSI BB 074/085 075/087 075 25553 JAX BB 073/089 072/090 071 25453 SGJ BB 074/087 073/087 073 25453 GNV BB 072/090 072/090 072 25453 OCF BB 073/090 072/090 072 25453= .JAX... .GA...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FERNANDINA BEACH TO BRUNSWICK. .FL...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FLAGLER BEACH TO FERNANDINA BEACH. CAMP/WELSH/TRABERT
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-011845- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1247 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL LOW DEVELOPING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALONG THE COAST...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AS THE TIDE PEAKS UNTIL AFTER 6 PM. EASTERLY WINDS AND SWELL WILL ENHANCE THE RIP CURRENTS. OFFSHORE...WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WAS SIGHTED THIS MORNING OFF VILANO BEACH. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS DEVELOPING EAST OF THE FLORIDA COAST... ALL COASTAL INTERESTS IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES UPDATED ON THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. WELSH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Russian foreign exchange student died in rip current.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, St. Johns | 2002-09-01 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2002
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: 5309662.