1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 1:09 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 209 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .SYNOPSIS...SHRA AND TSRA HAVE STARTED TO FIRE UP OVER THE LAST FEW HRS ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY IN THE FL PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. ISOLD SHRA AND TSRA ALSO BEING SEEN IN SW GA. COVERAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE WEST. TEMPS ARE AROUND 90 DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS. && .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND TONIGHTS LOWS WILL BE CLOSE TO WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING. LIGHT WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE OVER THE AREA TOMORROW AND WITH PWS OF JUST AROUND 2 INCHES...LOOKING FOR DECENT SEA BREEZE CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTN AS WELL...WITH CLIMATOLOGY POINTING TOWARDS THE HIGHEST COVERAGE IN THE FL BIG BEND AND LOWEST COVERAGE IN SW AND SOUTH-CNTRL GA. SAME SITUATION EXPECTED FRIDAY. WILL ALSO HEADLINE HEAT INDICIES OF AROUND 105 IN OUR GA ZONES AND FOR THE FL PANHANDLE. THIS WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...U/L ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY SINKS SOUTHWARD AND THIS... COMBINED WITH FCST PWS OF JUST UNDER 2.5 INCHES...WILL CALL FOR RELATIVELY GOOD POPS IN THE FCST ESP IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. CHANCE POPS CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD DURING THE AFTN AND EVNG FROM SEA-BREEZE INTERACTIONS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MID-WEEK. && .MARINE...WINDS CONTINUE TO REMAIN LIGHT AND SEAS HAVE STEADILY (HOWEVER SLOWLY) BEEN DECREASING TODAY. BUOY 42039 SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY SHOWS SEAS RIGHT AT 3 FT RIGHT NOW. EXPECTING THIS TREND TO CONTINUE...SEAS WILL BE DOWN TO AROUND 2 FT BY MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH THE RIDGE OVERHEAD. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH RH VALUES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND THEREFORE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .AVIATION...SEABREEZE CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING VERY WELL ACROSS THE BIG BEND COASTAL SECTIONS...AND WILL PROBABLY SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. MOST TAF SITES WILL BE VFR OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. WENT WITH TEMPO GROUPS FOR TS AT ALL 5 TAF SITES. THESE TS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 25 KT, IFR VSBY AND MVFR CIGS. ALSO WENT WITH THE CHANCE OF 3-5SM BR FOR THURSDAY MORNING AT ALL INLAND SITES. THURSDAY SHOULD BE A CARBON COPY OF TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 94 74 95 / 30 50 30 50 PANAMA CITY 77 92 78 92 / 30 50 30 50 DOTHAN 75 92 75 93 / 30 50 30 50 ALBANY 76 95 75 94 / 30 50 30 50 VALDOSTA 74 95 74 95 / 30 50 30 50 CROSS CITY 74 95 74 94 / 20 40 30 50 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && MCNATT/WATSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 435 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-201000- 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 435 AM EDT WED JUL 20 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... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL IS NOT EXPECTED. 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. FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 205 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 FLZ012-014-201849- BAY FL-GULF FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALLAWAY...PANAMA CITY... PANAMA CITY BEACH AND PORT ST. JOE 205 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 AT 204 PM EDT(104 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN ALLANTON AND OVERSTREET... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WHICH MAY TOPPLE SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 12-WATSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 13-year-old female was dragged 600 yards into the Gulf of Mexico and drowned. 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 | 2005-07-20 | 13 | 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, 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: 5464113.