1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 8:30 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 930 AM EDT SUN OCT 10 2004 .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS VEERED A BIT TO THE ESE NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH ONLY A FEW ATLC SHOWERS MOVING ONSHORE ALONG THE COAST. CENTRAL FL MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATE DEEPENING MOISTURE AT TBW...THOUGH 10Z CAPE SOUNDING STILL INDICATE A FAIRLY HEALTHY MID LVL DRY LAYER. MID AND UPPER LAYER CLOUDS ACROSS THE ERN GULF WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD WITH CLOUDINESS OVERSPREADING THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. WILL TREND EARLY AFTERNOON AS PARTLY CLOUDY THEN INCREASING CLOUDINESS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP POPS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT WITH A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S COAST TO MID/UPR 80S INLAND. && .MARINE...SEAS HEIGHTS DOMINATED BY SWELLS W/ LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED TODAY. WILL CONTINUE EXERCISE CAUTION STATEMENT WITH NO OTHER CHGS PLANNED. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WARNING MIDDLE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. && SHORT TERM...VOLKMER LONG TERM...BLOTTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 444 AM EDT SUN OCT 10 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 101800- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 444 AM EDT SUN OCT 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THE OCEAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN A DISTURBED STATE TODAY AS CHOPPY WINDS WAVES COMBINE WITH SOME LONGER PERIOD SWELL. THIS USUALLY LEADS TO AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A NORTHWARD FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT AND ROUGH SURF. CHECK WITH THE BEACH PATROL ABOUT OCEAN HAZARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE SURF. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ONCE AGAIN TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES AND NORTHEAST SWELL. ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SECTIONS OF THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER FROM LAKE HARNEY TO DELAND. FLOOD STATEMENTS...CONTAINING UPDATED RIVER FORECASTS AND IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS...WILL BE ISSUED DAILY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE UNTIL THE FLOOD THREAT DIMINISHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE REMNANT LOW ASSOCIATED WITH MATTHEW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL SPREAD SLOWLY EAST AND REACH THE AREA MONDAY...RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A DRYING TREND WILL START TUESDAY. A REINFORCING FRONT WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL USHER IN THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COOL AND DRY AIR MASS OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. LASCODY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 55 year old man drowned in a rip current at Ormond Beach after rescuing his 10 year old son.
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, Volusia | 2004-10-10 | 55 | 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, October 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: 5427107.