Rip Current in Florida, July 30, 2004

Name: Rip Current in Florida, July 30, 2004
Start: 2004-07-30T14:00
End: 2004-07-30T14:00
Location: Florida

July 30, 2004 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 30, 2:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 30 2004

.SHORT TERM...THE MAIN TWO PLAYERS FOR THE UPCOMING FCST IS THE LOW
LEVEL CIRCULATION FORMING 270 MILES ENE OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE BROAD
LOW IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO. THE FORECAST MUCH DEPENDS ON THE
FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THESE SYSTEMS. HOWEVER...FOR NOW...HAVE LEANED
TOWARDS THE GFS AS IT CONSISTENTLY HANDLES SURFACE FEATURES THE
BEST. THE ETA IS ALSO BECOMING IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS BUT
STILL STRONGER THAN THE GFS WITH THE SURFACE FEATURES. GFS MOVES SFC
LOW NW TONIGHT TO OFFSHORE THE NE FL COAST 12Z SAT AND THEN WASHES
IT OUT SAT AFTERNOON. THE ETA HOLDS ONTO IT LONGER AND MOVES IT INLAND
ACROSS GA SUNDAY. BOTH MODELS INCREASE MOISTURE SHARPLY BEGINNING
SATURDAY (PW NEAR 2 INCHES). WILL THEREFORE PUT POPS AT 40 TO
50 PCT SATURDAY WITH HIGHEST POPS ALONG NE FL/SE GA COAST. COULD
SEE COASTAL SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT OR SATURDAY AM. SUNDAY/MONDAY...
SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS SE...AND LOW ACROSS SE GULF MOVES NORTH WITH
A GOOD SLUG OF MOISTURE. HAVE GONE LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE.

.LONG TERM...HAVE CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS TUESDAY...AND THEN
WILL LOWER POPS DOWN TO NEAR CLIMO AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES
EAST AND NW FLOW ALOFT BRINGS IN SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS.
&&

.MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING
TO SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SOUTHWEST MONDAY. WILL SEE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. FORECAST
DEPENDS ON EVOLUTION OF THE LOWS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 71 91 73 90 / 20 40 30 60
SSI 75 87 76 89 / 20 50 40 60
JAX 73 89 73 88 / 20 50 40 60
SGJ 76 86 76 88 / 20 50 40 60
GNV 71 90 73 87 / 20 50 40 70
OCF 72 90 74 87 / 20 40 40 70
&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&

PP/ABE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:08 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
NOON EDT FRI JUL 30 2004

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-302200-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-
DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-
JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-
WAYNE-
NOON EDT FRI JUL 30 2004

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOST
OF THE STORMS NEAR THE I-75 CORRDIOR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THE MAIN CONCERNS.
STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. SEE THE
SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE
INCREASES FROM THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.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.

PP

The radar

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Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Nassau

When: July 30, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Nassau County, Fernandina Beach
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.611, -81.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

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, Nassau	2004-07-30	16	Male	In Water	Direct

What these are

Rip Current: A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, July 2004

Sources

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: 5405913.