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 May 15, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 215 PM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004 .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME. MORNING MIAMI SOUNDING REGISTERED 1.13 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER. HOWEVER...LATEST GPS MET DATA NOW SHOWS THAT THE PWAT HAS CLIMBED TO NEAR 1.35 INCHES AT MIAMI. UPSTREAM...NASSAU THIS MORNING HAD A PWAT OF 1.48...BUT HIGHER NOW AS GOES SOUNDER PWAT DATA SHOWS THAT PWATS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED OVER THE BAHAMAS TODAY. SO LOCAL AREA WILL CONTINUE TO JUICE UP TONIGHT/TOMORROW. MIAMI RADAR SHOWING THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...TRACKING EVEN INTO INTERIOR AREAS AT THIS TIME. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS/SHOWERS OVER THE BAHAMAS...AND THIS SUGGESTS THAT MAV GUIDANCE IS A TAD UNDERDONE REGARDING POPS FOR TONIGHT/TOMORROW...SO WILL GO ABOVE GUIDANCE. AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA IN THE RATHER STRONG EASTERLY FLOW OVERNIGHT...BELIEVE THAT A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST COAST...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS THEN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TOMORROW...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF JUST A FEW TSTORMS. GFS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DRYING TAKING PLACE BY MONDAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA...BUT MOISTURE HANGS AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY. THEN TUESDAY AND BEYOND MOISTURE DECREASES LOCALLY AGAIN. SO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY AGAIN. HOWEVER...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW LITTLE IF ANY CAP...SO WILL MAINTAIN ISOLATED POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. WINDS MAY FINALLY SLACKEN BY MIDWEEK SHOULD GFS VERIFY IN ITS MORE SOUTHERN PLACEMENT OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SURFACE HIGH. && .MARINE...CONDITIONS ARE BLOWING AT THE 15-20 KNOT SCEC CONDITIONS MOST AREAS TODAY...AND LITTLE CHANGES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RIP CURRENTS REMAIN AT A HIGH RISK ALL ATLANTIC BEACHES. && .FIRE WEATHER...DEWPOINT ARE NOW IN THE UPPER 60S MOST AREAS...AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN THAT WAY NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AS SUCH...THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 73 83 74 84 / 30 30 30 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 75 83 75 83 / 30 30 30 20 MIAMI 75 84 74 83 / 30 30 30 20 NAPLES 69 88 68 88 / 10 30 30 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && 57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 537 AM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FLZ068-072-074-152200- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- 537 AM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES TODAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST WILL KEEP EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES TODAY. THEREFORE...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD ...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TODAY. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MIDWEEK ALONG EAST COAST... THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK ALLOWING EAST WINDS TO BE AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THEREFORE...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA EAST COAST BEACHES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-152200- EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 537 AM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY NO 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 brothers visiting from New York City were caught in a rip current about 150 yards offshore from an unguarded section of Sunny Isles Beach. Lifeguards arriving on the scene rescued one but the other drowned.
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, Miami-Dade | 2004-05-15 | 23 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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: 5394550.