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 9, 2:20 AM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION TO PNS PRELIM TEMPS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 320 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 FOR THE CURRENT PACKAGE...BIGGEST FORECAST HEADACHE IS CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. CURRENTLY...WE HAVE STALLED WEAK SECONDARY FRONT STRETCHING FROM SOUTHEASTERN LA TO NORTHERN GA. LAST EVENING UPPER AIR RUNS SHOW UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH MEAN TROUGH STRETCHING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI IVER VALLEY...WITH ANOTHER..WEAK CLOSED LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA/BAJA COAST...AND HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE CARIBBEAN NORTHERN MEXICO. AIRMASS PRETTY MOIST OVER THE AREA...WITH PRECIP H20 AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2 SOUTH OF I-20. .SHORT TERM...ETA/GFS/NGM ADVERTISING UPPER RIDGE HANGING TOUGH...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINED OVER THE CARIBBEAN. WITH WEAK FLOW...EVEN SOUTHERLY AS THE MODELS ARE ADVERTISING COASTAL COUNTIES AND POINTS SOUTH...HAVE GOOD CHANCE OF DAILY GULF BREEZE ACTIVITY...WITH WEAK FRONT RETREATING NORTHWARD. BY WEDNESDAY..UPPER FLOW HAS BECOME PRETTY ZONAL OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS/MX...WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES PASSING NORTH OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. FOR THE FORECAST...AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE TOO MUCH OTHER THAN TO TWEAK TEMPS UP A DEGREE OR TWO FROM CURRENT...BUT WILL LOWER DAYTIME TEMPS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...AS MOISTURE LEVELS SLOWLY INCREASE. AM INCREASING POPS A BIT WEDNESDAY FROM CURRENT AS SHORTWAVE LOOKS TO PASS OVER THE AREA. .IN THE EXTENDED...NO CHANGES. .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREAS AND MAINTAIN LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SEAS SUBSIDING THROUGH TONIGHT. .FIRE...DRIER AIRMASS FILTERS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SE U.S. INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER...DAYTIME RH LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE THE CRITICAL LEVELS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY....WITH GULF BREEZE ACTION HELPING TO MAINTAIN RH LEVELS COASTAL AREAS. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 92 73 91 73 89 / 20 10 20 20 40 PENSACOLA 90 74 90 75 88 / 20 10 20 20 30 DESTIN 87 76 87 76 86 / 20 10 20 20 30 EVERGREEN 91 69 93 71 90 / 20 10 20 20 40 WAYNESBORO 91 70 99 72 89 / 20 10 20 20 40 CAMDEN 91 69 93 70 90 / 20 10 20 20 40 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 16/11 MILLER/FAULKNER
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION TO MND HEADER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM CLOSE TO THE COAST TODAY...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH IN THE STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 sixty six year old male from the local area jumped in the gulf to rescue a kid who was having trouble in the rough water. The youngster was brought ashore and was okay. The male drowned in the rough surf. Yellow flags were flying along the beach 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, Escambia | 2003-06-09 | 66 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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