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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1245 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005 REST OF TODAY...TIGHT GRADIENT TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO THE EVENING PRODUCING BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA. WILL KEEP LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES UNTIL 7 PM. WHILE ALONG AREA BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH CHOPPY TO ROUGH 3-6 FT BREAKING WAVES MAKING FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND WATER CONDITIONS. WILL KEEP HIGH SURF ADVISORY THRU 10 PM FROM PASCO S. WINDS TO BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET AS WINDS DECOUPLE LATER THIS EVENING. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)...VERY NICE WX NEXT FEW DAYS WITH COOL NIGHTS AS MAX TEMPS SLOWLY WARM TO NEAR NORMAL. UPPER/SFC LOW STORM SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NNE WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA TONIGHT-TUE. LEAVING RIDGING ALOFT DOWN TO THE SFC TONIGHT THRU WED. WINDS TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS GRADIENT RELAXES AND WINDS FURTHER DECOUPLE TOWARDS MORNING. MODELS SOUNDING SHOWING DRY ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LOW SFC HUMIDITIES. OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL RUN ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WHILE DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE A DEGREE OR SO BELOW CLIMO TUE THEN NEAR CLIMO WED. .LONG TERM (WED NIGHT-MON)...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND A SURFACE HIGH EAST OF THE STATE THU AND PART OF FRI WILL MAINTAIN A SE TO S FLOW ACROSS THE AREA AND ALSO KEEP TEMPS ABOVE CLIMO. THESE FEATURES WILL SLIDE OFF EASTWARD AS AN UPPER TROUGH WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE GULF COASTAL STATES AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE CWFA MAINLY DURING THE DAY FRI WITH CHANCE POPS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT BUILDS IN OVER THE GULF WITH A COOL DRY NORTHERLY FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPS BELOW NORMAL AND PUSH RH VALUES DOWN TO NEAR 40 PERCENT INLAND. THE HIGH FLATTENS OUT AND MOVES ACROSS FL MON WITH TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE RECOVERING SOME. && .MARINE...TIGHT GRADIENT TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE CAROLINA SFC LOW RACES NNE WARD OVERNIGHT KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS WITH SCA CONDITIONS. GRADIENT TO RELAX TOWARDS MORNING AND THRU TUE...BUT EXPECT SEAS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM 10+ FT THIS EVENING. LATEST WNAWAVE MODEL KEEPS 7 FT SEAS AROUND UNTIL AROUND MID DAY TUE THEN 4- 5 FT AT SUNSET AS WINDS LIGHTEN CONSIDERABLY. LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS WED-THU WITH WEAK FLOW OVER THE REGION. WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE FRI WITH NEXT SYSTEM PROGGED TO EFFECT THE REGION. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRY AIRMASS TO FILTER OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPS TO WARM NEAR 80 TUE ESPECIALLY INLAND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO PRODUCE CRITICALLY LOW RHS. WILL HOIST RED FLAG WARNING INLAND AREAS N AND CENTRAL AND EXPANDED AREAS INTO HARDEE AND DESOTO COUNTIES. SOME DEWPOINTS DIFFERENCES WED...WITH GFS 5-8 DEGREES DRIER THAN NAM. WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE ATTM AND HEADLINE 1-3 HOURS LOW RH OVER INTERIOR AREAS. MOISTURE TO INCREASE THU/FRI. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 56 76 57 79/ 00 00 00 00 FMY 57 79 57 83/ 00 00 00 00 GIF 54 80 55 83/ 00 00 00 00 SRQ 55 76 53 78/ 00 00 00 00 BKV 47 77 44 80/ 00 00 00 00 .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES UNTIL 7 PM. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE BARRIER ISLAND BEACHES OF PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...SARASOTA... CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60NM INCLUDING TAMPA BAY TONIGHT. RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY AFTN FOR LEVY...INLAND CITRUS...SUMTER... POLK...HARDEE...DESOTO...AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. && RD/RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 423 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-281600- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 423 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE BEACHES FROM PASCO COUNTY TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM EST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...WINDY AND TURNING COOLER AND DRIER TODAY... WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SURGES ACROSS THE SUNCOAST. MARINE INTERESTS...INCLUDING BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...WILL ENCOUNTER 25 KNOT WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE...AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 FEET OR HIGHER ESPECIALLY BEYOND 20 NM OUT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE HIGH SEAS AND ROUGH AND CONFUSED SURF WHICH WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THE CASUAL SWIMMER. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER PERHAPS STRONGER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. THERE IS ONCE AGAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR A SQUALL LINE INCLUDING STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDING THE FRONT. BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT LATER FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) BSG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 69-year-old British tourist drowned as a rip current pulled him away from his friends. They were in chest-deep water in high surf as winds gusted to 25 mph.
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, Pinellas | 2005-03-28 | 69 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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