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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 20, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1030 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .DISCUSSION... ...HIGHER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... CURRENT...WEAK SFC VORTEX INLAND OVER ERN GA THIS MORNING...WHILE SFC METARS SHOW A WEAK LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS NR A DAB-OCF LINE THIS MORNING. ELONGATING VORT CENTER ELONGATING ASCD WITH AN UPPER LOW EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS ACROSS SOUTH FL. TODAY...CWA WILL HAVE FULL SUN TO WORK ON THE LOCAL AIR MASS... WHILE MORNING RAOBS SHOW ABOUT 1.6 TO 1.8 OF PWAT OVER THE STATE. WHILE WATER VAPOR AND SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS CONDS A LITTLE DRIER ACROSS THE NORTH/INTR...THE SFC-H70 FLOW IS A LITTLE MORE VEERED IN THAT AREA...SO EXPECT BDRY INTERACTIONS/SLOW INLAND PUSH OF ECSB TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS. CONSEQUENTLY...HAVE GONE WITH 50 POPS FOR VOLUSIA/BREVARD/I.R. COS...AND 60 ELSEWHERE. PRESENCE OF DRY AIR ALOFT AND SLIGHT MID LEVEL COOLING WILL ENHANCE INSTABILITY AND HENCE STORM STRENGTH TODAY...WITH STRONG TO PSBLY MARGINAL SVR STORMS (GUSTY WINDS/HAIL). THIS THREAT HAS BEEN WELL OUTLINED IN HWO/GRAPHICAL HWO PRODS...SO NOT MUCH TO TWEAK THERE. THU-SAT...TROUGH FORECAST TO FILL OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND ALLOW DEEP LAYER RIDGE TO BUILD BACK TO THE NORTH AND PROVIDE LOW/MID LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW. MID/UPPER DRYING AHEAD OF NEXT TUTT CELL FORECAST TO START OVERSPREADING THE AREA THU. MEX MOS SHOWING POPS AROUND 40 PERCENT WHICH AGREES WITH CURRENT FORECAST SO WONT MAKE ANY CHANGES. FUTURE FORECASTS MIGHT LOOK AT LOWERING COASTAL POPS AS INTERIOR SECTIONS LOOK MORE FAVORABLE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME NOCTURNAL COASTAL SHOWERS BUT WONT INTRODUCE YET. && .MARINE...FAIRLY SLACK PGRAD IN PROXIMITY OF RIDGE AXIS. AS A RESULT ...LOCAL BUOY/C-MAN OBS SHOW SE-S WINDS 8-10KTS WITH SEAS NR 2FT. WINDS WILL BE A SCOSH HIGHER INVOF LCL SEA BREEZE CIRC...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW 15KT. && .AVIATION...(PREV) COVERAGE OF TSRA SHOULD BE ABOVE HIGHER ACROSS LCL AERODROMES TODAY AND HAVE INCLUDED BOTH VCTS AND TEMPO TSRA FOR ALL TERMINALS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY LINGER A BIT LONGER INVOF MCO-SFB-DAB THIS EVENING. WITH THE LIGHT FLOW...AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL TODAY MAY AGAIN EXPERIENCE A FEW HRS OF LATE NIGHT MVFR MIST AFTER 08Z MON. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CRISTALDI LONG TERM....KELLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 210900- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOVES TOWARDS THE PENINSULA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS...LOCATED MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM KISSIMMEE TO MELBOURNE...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 57 year old woman drowned in a rip current at Daytona Beach Shores.
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, Volusia | 2006-08-20 | 57 | Female | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2006
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: 5525751.