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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 1, 3:59 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
PBI TT 076/089 076/090 075 54654
TTTTT 091/077 090/077 091/077 091/077 090 55555555555
FLL TT 078/088 078/089 077 54654
BBBBB 090/079 090/079 090/079 090/079 089 55444444444
MIA TT 077/089 077/090 076 54654
BBBBB 091/078 091/078 091/078 091/078 090 55444444444
APF TT 075/088 075/090 076 54465
BBBBB 090/077 090/077 090/077 090/077 090 55444444444FLZ063-066>075-011600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 507 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA... SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE HEAVIER STORMS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Two residents drowned in rip currents at an unguarded section of beach. Both persons were weak swimmers and were in 4.5 feet of water when the rip currents pulled them into deeper water.
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, Palm Beach | 2003-09-01 | 33 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Palm Beach | 2003-09-01 | 31 | 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, September 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: 5375298.