1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 12:40 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 140 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2003 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND ALONG EAST COAST METRO REGIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AND A TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH FLORIDA DOWN INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE CWA...AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES WESTWARD WHILE DISSIPATING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN DIE DOWN TO ISOLATED BY MIDNIGHT OVER THE EAST COAST...AS THE TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE WEST COAST SHOULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NIGHT...AS THEY WILL BE CLOSE TO THE TROPICAL WAVE. .TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ETA AND AVN MODELS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON TUESDAY AND MOVE IT INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME I AM NOT GOING TO BUY INTO THE DEVELOP OF THE LOW UNTIL I SEE MORE AGREEMENT IN ALL OF THE MODELS. BUT I AM GOING TO BRING UP THE TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA TO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR TUESDAY...AS THE DISTURBED WEATHER MOVES NORTHWARD. SO I AM GOING TO PUT THE WEST COAST AND INTERIOR AT 60 PERCENT AND THE EAST COAST AT 50 PERCENT...AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD DEVELOP AND HELP TO PUSH THE ACTIVITY INLAND SOME WHAT. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD...AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. SO MOST OF THE MOISTURE SHOULD MOVE NORTHWARD...BUT THE CWA COULD STILL SEE A CHANCE OF ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT SO I AM GOING TO LEAVE UP A CHANCE CAT FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. .WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD BE TO OUR NORTH BY WEDNESDAY...BUT THE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH DUE TO THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SO WE SHOULD STILL SEE A CHANCE CAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CWA. THE HIGHEST REGION FOR THE ACTIVITY WILL BE INTERIOR AND NORTH...DUE TO THE SOUTHERLY WINDS. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN US THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST AND ALLOWING THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD BACK INTO FLORIDA FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS MEANS THAT WE SHOULD STAY IN A SOUTHERLY WIND DIRECTION FLOW FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. SO WE SHOULD SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA. .FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE CRITICAL VALUES. THANKS FOR THE COORD TBW...MLB...EYW...AND NHC. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PBI TT 076/089 076/090 075 544535 FLL TB 078/088 078/089 077 544534 MIA TB 077/089 077/090 076 544534 APF TB 075/088 075/090 076 544644 .MIA...NONE. BAXTER
FLZ063-066>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.
A man drowned in a rip current at Fort Lauderdale Beach.
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, Broward | 2003-09-01 | 38 | 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: 5375299.