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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 25, 8:20 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 920 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2003 LATE DEVELOPING FOG THIS MORNING IS SLOW TO BURN OFF WITH A COUPLE SITES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA STILL AOB 1/4 MILE AND SITES AROUND JACKSONVILLE DROPPING OVER THE PAST HOUR OF SO. RADAR ALSO SHOWS A LIGHT SHOWER OR TWO MOVE INLAND ACROSS PONTE VEDRA...ALTHOUGH THESE APPEAR TO HAVE BE QUICKLY DISSIPATING UPON MOVING INLAND. OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST SURFACE FLOW SETTING UP FOR TODAY WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ONCE FOG BURNS OFF...WILL BE LEFT WITH HIGH CLOUDINESS AND ANY CU THAT DEVELOPS DURING THE DAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SHOULD SUFFICE. HIGH TEMPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD WITH 12Z SOUNDING INDICATING A HIGH IN THE LOW 80S AT JACKSONVILLE. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING BUT NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED. MARINE...MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWS COASTAL TROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SOME STRONGER WINDS EAST OF THE TROUGH AS INDICATED BY BOUY 41012 WITH 15+ KNOTS. WILL UPDATE WORDING IN CWF AND GO WITH 15 KNOTS OFFSHORE. NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED. .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. CAMP/HESS
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-252200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT SAT OCT 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY AT AREA BEACHES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BEGINNING IN THE GEORGIA PORTION SUNDAY NIGHT...AND AFFECTING FLORIDA INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. JTD/HESS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
23 year old foreign exchange student from India pulled into the surf around 3 pm EDT. WFO Jacksonville Surf Forecast indicated a "Moderate Risk of Rip Currents." Source of report St. Augustine Record.
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 | 2003-10-25 | 23 | 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, October 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: 5374960.