1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 8:55 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 955 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 12Z KTLH SOUNDING IS SATURATED UP TO 800MB (PW 1.94 IN) BUT SHOWS THAT MID LEVEL DRY AIR HAS WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. THIS CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP. THE COLD FRONT HAS BECOME QUASISTATIONARY JUST WEST OF MY CWA AND SHOULD START TO MOVE AGAIN AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS EAST TODAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BECOME ELONGATED EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA BY 12Z MONDAY. LOCAL RADARS ONLY SHOW ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY BIG BEND AND COASTAL WATERS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CURRENT POPS LOOK IN ORDER. WILL UPDATE ZONES ONLY TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING CLOUDS IN SOME OF THE ZONES. MARINE: WINDS AND SEAS ARE BELOW SCEC OVER OUR WESTERN LEGS BUT NOT SO FOR THE EASTERN LEGS AT THIS TIME. MAY HAVE TO SPLIT ZONES ON THE UPDATE AND KEEP SCEC HEADLINE IN THE EAST. BARRY PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS *********************************************************************** .SHORT TERM...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRIER AIR AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS MOVING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS HAS BEEN WELL FORECAST BY THE MODELS AND THIS DRIER AIR SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. THERE ARE A FEW NARROW RAIN BANDS OVER THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING...BUT THE BEST RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THERE WILL BE BETTER SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT AND MOISTURE. TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD BE MUCH DRIER AS 500 MB HEIGHTS RISE AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE DECREASES. THE SEA BREEZE WILL BE THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING DEEP CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH THE DRIER AIR. .MARINE...SEAS ARE STILL RUNNING 6 TO 7 FEET AT THE GULF BUOYS BUT THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. I MAY KEEP THE SCEC UP FOR ONE MORE FORECAST PERIOD UNTIL THE SEAS SUBSIDE. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 89 71 93 70 / 50 20 30 20 PFN 87 74 88 73 / 30 20 30 20 DHN 89 70 91 71 / 30 20 30 20 ABY 89 70 92 69 / 40 20 30 20 VLD 89 71 93 70 / 60 20 30 20 CTY 85 73 89 72 / 60 20 30 20 .TLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. FOURNIER
GMZ750-755-770-775-ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-091000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 521 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY. THE RAIN IS NOT FORECAST TO BE AS HEAVY OR PERSISTENT AS YESTERDAY SO FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 9-FOURNIER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
At least 28 people were rescued from rough surf off the Walton County beaches. Six persons drowned. Reported by the Walton County EMA.
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, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 60 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 36 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 32 | Female | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 62 | Female | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Walton | 2003-06-08 | 53 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2003
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: 5364819.