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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 2:36 AM CST, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003 LATEST SURFACE MAP SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH NEAR A MGM...GZH... MOB LINE AND SKIRTED WITH BROKEN LOW-MID CLOUDS AS NOTED ON SATL IR. RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FROM NEAR DAUPHIN ISLAND BACK TO THE SW ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER. DRIER AIR IS NOTED FILTERING SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE TROUGH AND THIS COUPLED WITH A WEAK WLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD HOLD POPS DOWN TO WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN LATEST NUMERIC NUMBERS. WITH THE SURFACE TROUGH PROGD TO STALL NEAR THE COAST AND EXPECTED ACTIVE SEA BREEZE WITH FLAT GRADIENT AND HIGHS PUSHING INTO THE LOWER 90S...WILL BLANKET THE AREA WITH 20% POPS TODAY. ISOLATED MAINLY EVENING POPS WILL WORK TONIGHT. LIGHT POPS (20-30% COVERAGE) WILL SUFFICE MONDAY WITH TROUGH STILL IN THE AREA AND POSSIBLE SLIGHT ACTIVE WLY FLOW ALOFT...THEN ISOLATED 20% ON TUESDAY WITH SLIGHT RIDGING NOTED ALOFT. .EXTENDED...GFS SHOWS SHORTWAVE ENERGY PUSHING INTO THE MID-LOWER MS VALLEY ON WED WITH A MOIST SSW NEAR THE SURFACE AND MODERATE OMEGAS BY THE AFTERNOON. THE MRF SHOWS A DEEP MOIST SLY FLOW WITH HIGH PWS THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SERIES OF SUTTLE IMPULSES IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE CHANCE POPS EACH DAY. .MARINE...CARIBBEAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS/TSTMS EACH DAY. .FIRE...DRIER AIRMASS FILTERS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SE U.S. INTO MONDAY. DAYTIME RH LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 40% TODAY AND MONDAY...WITH HIGH VALUES ALONG COASTAL AREAS AS GULF BREEZE FRONT WORKS INLAND EACH DAY. DO NOT EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS WITH DISPERSION VALUES REMAINING BELOW AND RH LEVELS ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES ALL AREAS. SEA BREEZE WILL SPAWN ISOLATED SHOWERS/TSTMS EACH DAY. 39/PUBLIC 16/MARINE/FIRE .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 91 71 90 73 / 20 10 20 10 PENSACOLA 89 74 90 75 / 20 10 20 10 DESTIN 83 77 83 77 / 20 10 20 10 EVERGREEN 91 68 90 69 / 20 10 30 10 WAYNESBORO 91 68 89 70 / 20 10 20 10 CAMDEN 91 67 91 69 / 20 10 20 10 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 510 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND JUST OFFSHORE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. OTHERWISE...NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A fifty seven year old Missouri man was swimming in rough surf near James Lee Park when he started having trouble staying afloat. He was pulled out of the water but later died at a local hospital. Red flags were flying at the time of the drowning.
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, Okaloosa | 2003-06-08 | 57 | 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
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