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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 12:51 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 151 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WAS ALLOWING FOR THE WINDS TO BE EAST OVER THE CWA. THE WIND SPEEDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN COMING IN AT 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE EAST COAST AREAS AND 10 TO 15 MPH OVER REST OF THE CWA...AND THE ACARS DATA AND THE SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOWING AROUND 20 KNOTS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE OVER THE CWA. THESE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEREFORE...THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN AT THESE SPEEDS OVER THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. HOWEVER...THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DECOUPLE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL BE LOST ALLOWING FOR THE MIXING OF THE WINDS TO RELAX. THEREFORE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS...SCATTERED POPS WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW EAST OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS WILL THEN MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF THIS WEEK...AS THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN A LITTLE BIT AND SHIFT SOUTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA ALLOWING FOR THE STEERING FLOW TO SWING MORE SOUTHERLY OVER THE CWA. SO PLAN ON KEEPING SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF THIS WEEK..BUT WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AREAS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME STRONG STORMS MIDDLE TO END OF THIS WEEK...AS UPPER LEVEL LOWS USUALLY BRING IN DRIER AIR ALOFT. SO STAY TUNE FOR LATER UPDATES ON THE LOCATION OF THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT SOUTH FLORIDAS WEATHER. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN MOVE WEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO NEXT WEEKEND...AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS WILL SET UP A SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CWA THIS WEEKEND AND SHIFT THE HIGHEST POPS TO THE EAST COAST AREAS. && .MARINE... THE WINDS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND BISCAYNE BAY WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS WHILE OVER REST OF THE CWA THEY BEEN AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THESE WINDS SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN CONSTANT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...AS THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. SO PLAN ON KEEPING THE SCEC UP TONIGHT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND BISCAYNE BAY WATERS. THE POSSIBILITY OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...DUE TO THE WIND SPEEDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH FROM THE EAST AND THE LOW TIDE DURING THE DAY HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER... THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE WEEK...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CWA. SO NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... DEEP EASTERLY FLOW WITH MEAN SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THUS, QUICK PASSING SHRA WILL ENCOMPASS THE EAST COAST TAF SITES WITH ONLY POSSIBLE VERY BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE A QUICK PASSING TSRA AT KAPF THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY BUT THESE WILL ALSO BE QUICK LIVED AND ONLY BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 80 90 80 90 / 30 30 30 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 82 89 82 89 / 30 30 30 30 MIAMI 81 90 81 90 / 30 30 30 30 NAPLES 76 92 75 92 / 30 40 20 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && BAXTER/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 929 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 FLZ063-066>075-071330- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 926 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING ALL AREAS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND LOW TIDE AROUND NOON WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH BEACHES TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY, MAINLY ALONG THE EAST COAST THIS MORNING AND IN THE INTERIOR AND WEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 50-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current at a beach near 4050 N. Ocean Drive in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The man, a tourist from Iowa, was swimming at an unguarded beach.
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, Coastal Broward | 2006-08-06 | 50 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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