1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 20, 3:55 AM CST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 455 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE SHORT TERM. LARGE 598 DM RIDGE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO MISSISSIPPI AND DECENT CAP ABOVE 10 KFT WILL KEEP CONVECTION TO A MINIMUM ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WHILE WE WONT TOTALLY RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER...WE WONT REPRESENT RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST TODAY WITH CHANCES LESS THAN 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD. ADVERTISED MAX TEMPS TODAY ARE GENERALLY CLOSER TO THE MET MOS NUMBERS WITH MID 90S VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE. /05 && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)... KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON RITA...CURRENTLY JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH EARLY THIS MORNING. RITA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A STRONG HURRICANCE AS IT CROSSES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF ON WEDNESDAY. THE OFFICIAL NHC FORECAST TAKES RITA SOUTH OF OUR AREA AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE MID TEXAS COAST. THIS IS PREDICATED ON THE MIDLEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STEERING RITA WESTWARD THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE SHIFTING FURTHER TO THE EAST. BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK...WE BRING THE GRADIENT WINDS UP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS STARTING WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ADVERTISED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS THE REMNANTS OF RITA PASSES NORTH OF OUR AREA AND A WEAK TROUGH/MOISTURE GRADIENT MOVES ACROSS. /05 && .MARINE... EASTERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL STEADILY BUILD LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEKEND AS RITA BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE SE GULF. CURRENT GFS/WNAWAVE DATA DEPICTS SLIGHTLY HIGHER SEAS THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SE GULF AND BUILDS. BELIEVE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS INITIAL MOTION OVER THE GULF WILL BE THE ONSET OR TIMING OF LARGER SWELLS POSSIBLY REACHING THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF BY EARLY AS 18Z WED. ATTM...WE LET THE NEXT SHIFT DECIDE ON THE ISSUANCE OF A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY AS RITA CONTINUES TO NEAR THE SE GULF. /32 && .FIRE... NO OFFICIAL RED FLAG WARNINGS (NOT MEETING LOCAL REQUIREMENTS IN EACH STATE)...HOWEVER BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED GIVEN DRY CONDITIONS. ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI HAVE BURN BANS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL ZONES. PLEASE REFER TO EACH STATES FORESTRY AGENCY FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. /05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 97 73 95 74 / 0 0 10 20 PENSACOLA 95 76 91 74 / 0 0 20 20 DESTIN 96 77 89 75 / 0 05 30 30 EVERGREEN 96 69 94 70 / 0 0 20 20 WAYNESBORO 97 69 95 71 / 0 0 05 10 CAMDEN 97 69 93 71 / 0 0 10 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-202330- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES TO BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... TROPICAL STORM RITA IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF AS A HURRICANE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE MOVING WEST TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH FRIDAY. AS A RESULT WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY GIVING WAY TO DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND ALABAMA BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONCERNING TROPICAL STORM RITA. THE PASSAGE OF RITA THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF MAY ALSO AFFECT RECOVERY EFFORTS ALONG THE COAST OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SO ALL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT AND PLAN RECOVERY EFFORTS ACCORDINGLY OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A two year old girl was accidently left in a closed vehicle for two and half hours. The girl was discovered and taken to a local hospital where she died. Afternoon temperatures climbed into the middle 90s across the area that day. It was estimated that the temperature inside the vehicle climbed to near 145 degrees.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Lower Mobile | 2005-09-20 | 2 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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