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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 4, 3:45 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
345 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005
.DISCUSSION...SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS WESTWARD FROM THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC INTO THE S.C./GA. AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTH AND SHOULD BE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA BY EARLY THURSDAY. SEVERAL
FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVE BY MOST OF FLORIDA TO THE NORTH AND NEVER GET
FURTHER SOUTH THAN NORTHERN FLORIDA. THIS IS DUE TO A MID/UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL MEANDER BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC EAST OF FLORIDA.
NO REAL COOL DOWN STILL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. DONT SEE MUCH
IN THE WAY OF RAIN. ONLY 10 PERCENT FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND
POSSIBLY A SPRINKLE EARLY TODAY. THEY ARE SHOWING UP ON RADAR ATTM
OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWA.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS WILL START OUT TODAY EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
KNOTS ATLANTIC SIDE WITH 4 TO 6 FEET AND 15 KNOTS GULF SIDE. WIND
SPEEDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE STEADILY AS THE RIDGE COMES CLOSER AS
MENTIONED ABOVE. FOR WEDNESDAY ON...WINDS WILL BE EAST OR SOUTHEAST
AT NO MORE THAN 10 TO 15 KNOTS...SO GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS MID WEEK
ON.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS WITH FIRE WEATHER SINCE AFTERNOON RHS
WILL BE ABOVE 50 PERCENT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 78 67 79 66 / 00 00 00 00
FORT LAUDERDALE 78 69 79 69 / - 00 00 00
MIAMI 78 67 79 68 / - 00 00 00
NAPLES 80 60 80 62 / 00 00 00 00
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES
651-671.
GM...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 444 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 FLZ068-042300- PALM BEACH EASTERN- 444 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. SWIMMERS SHOULD ONLY SWIM ALONG GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FLZ072-074-042300- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN- 444 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES... PERSISTEN NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE COAST OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-042300- EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE- 444 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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.
A resident of a nearby condominium drowned in a rip current at the beach in the 3400 Block of Galt Ocean Mile. Winds were east at 15 to 20 mph and the time of low tide was 8 AM.
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, Broward | 2005-01-04 | 79 | Female | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, January 2005
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: 5433806.