1 high surf, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Sep 15, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003 CORRECTION TO WATCH/WARNING SECTION FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS OVER AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND WINDS N-NE AROUND 10 MPH. WEAKENING FRONT TO THE WEST AND EAST COAST SEABREEZE FRONT NOT PRODUCING ANY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AS AREA REMAINS IN A DRY N-NE FLOW THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH NHC TRACKING ISABEL TO PASS BY OUR AREA WELL OFFSHORE. LOTS OF DRY AIR MOVES ACROSS AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO DONT EXPECT ANY POPS EXCEPT FOR OVER WATERS AND POSSIBLY IMMEDIATE COASTLINE DUE TO CONVERGENCE FROM INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AOB NORMAL ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND INLAND WITH N FLOW BRINGING LOWER DEWPOINTS SOUTH. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AREA AND STALLS BY THE WEEKEND BRINGING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. .MARINE...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO GOING FORECAST...WL KEEP SPLIT NEARSHORE/OFFSHORE MAINLY DUE TO PROXIMITY OF OFFSHORE A LTL CLOSER TO ISABEL AND WL LKLY SEE SOMEWHAT STRONGER WINDS OUT OF THE N...AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE E OF THE CWF...AND NEARSHORE WATERS WL LKLY DECOUPLE SOMEWHAT DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...SPCLY AS FLOW BECOMES MORE OFSHR IN LATER PERIODS. WL ISSUE A MWS FOR INCREASING SWELLS FROM ISABEL...ALTHOUGH BUOY REPORTS AND SURF HEIGHTS HAVE REMAINED STEADY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .FIRE WEATHER...NO HEADLINES FOR NOW...BUT WL ADVERTISE HIGHER DISPERSION VALUES OF 75 OR MORE FOR WEDNESDAY. STILL TOO FAR OUT TO PLACE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN THE 4TH PERIOD. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 66 88 65 87 / 00 10 00 10 SSI 70 84 68 84 / 00 10 00 10 JAX 69 86 70 85 / 10 10 00 10 SGJ 72 84 73 84 / 10 10 10 10 GNV 68 88 68 88 / 10 10 00 10 OCF 68 88 68 88 / 10 10 00 10 .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...SCA AMZ450...470. FL...SCA AMZ435...452...472...454...474. MZ/JH
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-160000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1200 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... ...SWELLS FROM HURRICANE ISABEL TO INCREASE... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS AT AREA BEACHES. SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE ISABEL. BEACHFRONT INTERESTS SHOULD PLAN ON SECURING OBJECTS VULNERABLE TO SURF ACTION PRIOR TO THE HIGH SURF DEVELOPING. THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER AT DUNNELLON IS JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING. SEE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ...SWELLS FROM HURRICANE ISABEL TO FURTHER INCREASE... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE... HURRICANE ISABEL IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL EAST OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH POSSIBLE LANDFALL ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST LATE THURSDAY. HOWEVER...TRACK ERRORS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE CAN BE LARGE AND INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION AND PATH OF ISABEL. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE TO MARINE INTERESTS. AS THE STORM PASSES THE REGION...HEAVY SURF AND LARGE BREAKERS NEAR INLETS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID-WEEK. PLEASE MONITOR SURF ZONE FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .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. MZ
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf and long period swell from Hurricane Isabel with associated beach erosion. Breakers of 7 to 10 feet with 2 to 4 feet of beach erosion reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5368636.