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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 12:20 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 120 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LOW AND MID CLOUD DECK WHICH WAS RESTING ACROSS MUCH OF SE AL AND SW GA THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS QUICKLY TAKING OVER. WITH THE STRONG S-SE LOW LEVEL FLOW...THE SEA BREEZE IS ONCE AGAIN GETTING AN EARLY START TODAY...BUT THUS FAR...IS NOT VERY CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE. DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO LAST MUCH LONGER...HOWEVER...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS CONTINUE LIGHT OUT OF THE SE. && .SHORT TERM...IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE FINALLY REACHED THAT TIME OF THE SUMMER WHERE THE SYNOPTIC INFLUENCES OVER FL ARE MUCH LESS PROMINENT...WITH CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NOW HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MESOSCALE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION. WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS RIDGING WELL WESTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...SEE LITTLE REASON FOR CHANGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH ONSHORE FLOW AIDING THE SEA BREEZE. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF HURRICANE EMILY...MAY SEE SOME COMPENSATING SUBSIDENCE AROUND ITS PERIPHERY AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. IF THIS SUBSIDENCE EXTENDS FAR ENOUGH TO THE NORTH...COULD SEE A PERIOD OF SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .LONG TERM...LITTLE CHANGE ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH REMAINING VIRTUALLY ANCHORED IN PLACE...WHILE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AT UPPER LEVELS. THEREFORE...EXPECT NEAR CLIMO SEA BREEZE POPS...WITH AVG TEMPS 2-3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .MARINE...WITH THE SFC RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTIC TO WELL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WILL OF COURSE WATCH EMILY TO THE SOUTH VERY CLOSELY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SWELLS REACHING THE COASTAL WATERS...ALTHOUGH EMILYS SOUTHERN TRACK AND FAST FORWARD SPEED SHOULD REDUCE THE CHANCES OF SIGNIFICANT SWELLS THIS FAR TO THE NORTH. && .AVIATION...WITH A FEW SHRA/TSRA SHOWING UP ON LOCAL RADARS THROUGHOUT THE AREA...AM PRETTY CONFIDENT GOING WITH TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL TAF SITES FOR TS THIS AFTN. CLOUDS SEEM TO BE AROUND 2500FT AND WILL BE BKN AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO DROP INTO THE IFR RANGE IN THE HEAVIER RAIN. LIGHT FOG AGAIN A POSSIBILITY TOMORROW MORNING AT ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT PFN...ALTHOUGH MODELS NOT INDICATING ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT NOR THE EXTENT OF LOW CIGS THAT WE SAW THIS MORNING. && .HYDROLOGY...MANY RIVERS ARE CURRENTLY AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS FROM DENNIS. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE LOCAL ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CIG-BIN/AHPS.CIG?TAE (ALL LOWER CASE). && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 73 93 73 93/ 30 40 20 40 PANAMA CITY 78 91 77 92/ 30 40 20 30 DOTHAN 74 92 74 92/ 30 50 20 30 ALBANY 75 94 73 93/ 30 50 20 40 VALDOSTA 73 94 73 94/ 30 50 20 40 CROSS CITY 73 93 73 94/ 30 40 20 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && GOULD/MCNATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 537 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-170936- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 537 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS IN RECENT AFTERNOONS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE AND MOVE NORTH FROM FLORIDA INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG WITH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...BUT WITH LESS COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THAN DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. STRENGTHENING HURRICANE EMILY IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 24-BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
An 18-year-old male drowned in heavy surf. Reported by the Orlando Sentinel.
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, Bay | 2005-07-16 | 18 | Male | Ball Field | 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, July 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: 5464112.