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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 7, 1:28 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 228 PM EDT THU OCT 7 2004 .DISCUSSION... LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF EC FL WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 60S ALL THE WAY INTO MARTIN CO. ONSHORE FLOW REMAINS BRISK AND DESPITE THE DRIER AIR...LOW COVERAGE OF COASTAL SHOWERS PUSHING ONSHORE EVEN IN NORTHERN COASTAL AREAS...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE IS LOW...CONFINED TO A FEW NARROW BANDS. WINDS WILL STAY UP DURING THE OVERNIGHT BUT NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS OCCURRED LAST NIGHT WITH SLIGHT DECREASE IN PGRAD LATE. ONSHORE FLOW OVERNIGHT SHOULD AGAIN ALLOW A LOW COVERAGE OF SHOWERS TO PUSH ONSHORE AND HAVE INDICATED 20 POPS SOUTH/LESS THAN 20 NORTH COASTAL SECTIONS. CHANCES OVER INTERIOR SECTION WILL BE TOO LOW TO MENTION IN TEXT ZONES. MIN TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE MODIFIED BY THE ONSHORE WINDS...WITH FAR INTERIOR NORTHERN SECTIONS POSSIBLY DROPPING INTO THE MID/UPPER 60S...WHILE REST OF AREA REMAINS ABOVE 70. FRI-SAT...12Z MODEL GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT WITH SLOWER PROGRESSION OF TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH TWD THE EAST THIS WKND. ETA AND GFS INDICATE SYSTEM WILL CUT OFF ACROSS N TX LATE SAT WITH ANOTHER BLOCKING CUT OFF LOW EAST OFF THE BAHAMAS ON SAT...NOT ALLOWING FAST EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF SRN STREAM SYSTEMS. THIS WILL MEAN A DELAY TO HIGHER RAIN CHANCES UNTIL SUN/MON TIME FRAME. ON FRIDAY SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH OFFSHORE FROM THE MID ATLC COAST WITH ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUING. SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD ALLOW A FEW SHOWERS TO APPROACH THE COAST AND HAVE ADDED A LOW POP NORTH OF THE CAPE. WEAKER ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED SAT WITH DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WITH DEVELOPING SFC WAVE. WILL KEEP A LOW 20 PCT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONABLE WITH HIGH IN THE 80S AND LOWS AROUND 70 AT THE COAST AND UPPER 60S INLAND. SUN-MON...12Z GFS FINALLY EJECTS TX CUT OFF TWD THE NE WITH DEEPER MOISTURE OVERSPREADING THE PENINSULA SUNDAY AFTN AND MONDAY. WILL RAISE SHOWER CHANCES INTO THE SCATTERED RANGE WITH BEST RAIN CHANCES ON MONDAY. SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. TUE-THU...HIGHER UNCERTAINTY IN EXTENDED RANGE...WITH LINGERING RAIN CHANCES RAIN CHANCES ON TUE...THEN SHOULD DRY OUT SOMEHWAT ON WED WITH MID AND UPPER LAYER DRYING. 12Z GFS INDICATES NEXT DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH SWINGING TOWARD THE LWR MS VALLEY BY THU AFTN...BUT WILL KEEP DAY 7 DRY AT THIS POINT...HOLDING OFF RAIN CHANCES BEYOND THE THU TIME FRAME. && .MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN UP FOR BOTH LEGS TONIGHT AND FRI. WINDS AROUND 20KT MAY DECREASE TO 15-20KT BY MORNING AND SEA HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELL. COMBINED SEAS AND SWELLS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE INTO THE SAT WITH SEAS REMAINING 5-7 FT. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...FLOW WILL VEER TO E/SE AND SLACKEN A BIT BUT RESIDUAL SWELL STILL EXPECTED AT 4 TO 5 FEET INTO TUE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 84 71 83 / 20 20 20 20 MCO 71 86 68 84 / 10 10 10 20 MLB 75 84 71 83 / 20 10 20 20 VRB 75 85 70 84 / 20 10 20 20 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. ...FLOOD WARNING MIDDLE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. && SHORT TERM...GLITTO LONG TERM...VOLKMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 445 AM EDT THU OCT 7 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 071900- BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-LAKE-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE- ST. LUCIE-VOLUSIA-FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NM- 445 AM EDT THU OCT 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS DUE TO WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET. ...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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY ABATE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES...AND POSSIBLY THE CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...SPREADING MOISTURE TOWARD FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CRISTALDI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 24 year old man visiting from Germany drowned in a rip current at Ormond Beach.
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 | 2004-10-07 | 27 | 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: 5427106.