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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 3:15 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE UNDER THE ID AFDTLH IS NOW BEING ISSUED AS AFDTAE. THE WMO HEADER REMAINS UNCHANGED, FXUS62 KTAE. IF YOU HAVE REACHED THIS PRODUCT VIA THE INTERNET, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FAVORITES AND/OR BOOKMARKS TO POINT TO THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/DATA/TAE/AFDTAE NOTE: ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE ADDRESS UP TO AND INCLUDING THE WORD DATA SHOULD BE TYPED IN LOWER CASE. 18-WOOL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-301000- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE UNDER THE ID HWOTLH IS NOW BEING ISSUED AS HWOTAE. THE WMO HEADER REMAINS UNCHANGED, FLUS42 KTAE. IF YOU HAVE REACHED THIS PRODUCT VIA THE INTERNET, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FAVORITES AND/OR BOOKMARKS TO POINT TO THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/DATA/TAE/HWOTAE NOTE: ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE ADDRESS UP TO AND INCLUDING THE WORD DATA SHOULD BE TYPED IN LOWER CASE. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 FLZ018-019-GAZ159-152105- BROOKS GA-JEFFERSON FL-MADISON FL- 420 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004 AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...SLOWLY MOVING NOTHEAST INTO NORTH MADISON AND SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 10-BOLINSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Rip currents claimed the life of an elderly tourist at the Sandestin Golf and Beach resort. Three swimmers were rescued. Reported by the Tallahassee Democrat.
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, Walton | 2004-06-15 | 60 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2004
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: 5404478.