Name: Rip Current in Florida, May 7, 2005
Start: 2005-05-07T12:00
End: 2005-05-07T12:00
Location: Florida

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.

There were 3 rescues at Jacksonville Beach due to strong rip currents. There was one near-drowning.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 7:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
850 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD TODAY WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WEATHER ON TAP FOR TODAY. VERY IMPRESSIVE NOREASTER OFF THE COAST
OF CAPE HATTERAS THIS MORNING AND PULLING SLOWLY NORTHEAST WITH DRIER
AIR WORKING INTO THE DEEP SOUTH.  AREA SOUNDINGS AND SFC OBS ARE
SHOWING SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING AROUND SO EXPECT A GOOD CU
FIELD BY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MORNING FOG
BUT NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED.

&&

.MARINE...BUOY 41012 STILL SHOWING 6 FOOT SEAS THIS MORNING. RIGHT
ON EDGE OF SCA CONDITIONS SO WILL LEAVE HEADLINE IN PLACE FOR NOW.
AS STORM CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO DROP SCA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
     ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
     ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

&&

HESS/CAMP

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 8:43 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
943 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005

UPDATED TO REMOVE MORNING FOG

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081000-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
943 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE AT AREA BEACHES DUE TO
NORTHEAST SWELL. SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

PORTIONS OF THE SANTA FE RIVER CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

DEESE/HESS

The radar

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Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Duval

When: May 7, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Duval County, Jacksonville Beach
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Rip Current: A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5445516.