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 8, 12:33 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 133 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 .DISCUSSION...TROPICAL WAVE AT 12Z ANALYZED BY TAB OVER EAST CUBA TO NEAR GEORGETOWN MOVING WEST TOWARDS SOUTH FLORIDA. JUST AHEAD OF THIS WAVE IS AN UPPER LOW JUST NORTHWEST OF ANDROS ISLAND AND MOVING WEST IN TANDEM. CONVECTION HAS BLOWN UP NICELY OVER THE SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE WATERS UNDER UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND ALSO HELPED BY THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM. WHEN THE ZFP GOES OUT WILL HAVE 40 PERCENT SOUTH AREAS AND 20 PERCENT NORTH AREAS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MEAN LAYER MOISTURE STEADILY INCREASES MORE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A +6 700 MB OMEGA BULLSEYE OVER THE EVERGLADES BY 18Z WEDNESDAY AND A +5 BULLSEYE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH THURSDAY AT 18Z. STAYING WITH CURRENTLY ADVERTISED 60 PERCENT ALONG WITH MOS GUIDANCE AND 50 PERCENT THURSDAY AROUND THE LAKE. WITH THE LOW AND WAVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY THURSDAY, STILL SOME MOISTURE, LIFT AND INSTABILITY HANGING AROUND. AS THE WAVE PASSES BY, THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH SLIPS SOUTH INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THURSDAY AND STAYS AROUND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE LOWER AND CHANCES OF RAIN MORE IN LINE WITH CLIMO FRIDAY ON. GFS SHOWS A COOL FRONT PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTH FLORIDA FROM THE NORTH LATER SATURDAY BUT BECOMES STATIONARY ALONG 30N OR 31N. && .AVIATION...DEEP EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUING NEXT 24 HOURS WITH QUICK PASSING SHRA AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE SW CST. ANY IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE QUICK LIVED HOWEVER. AN UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROP WV WILL MOVE ACROSS AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT INTO EARLY WED. IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR AT KMIA AND KTMB WITH A LESSER CHANCE FOR KFLL AND KPBI BUT AGAIN IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE BRIEF. && .MARINE...EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WAVE. AFTER ITS PASSAGE, EXPECT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS HERE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 79 89 76 91 / 30 60 30 30 FORT LAUDERDALE 81 88 78 90 / 50 60 30 20 MIAMI 79 88 78 91 / 50 60 30 30 NAPLES 75 90 76 91 / 20 60 30 30 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && RADER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1044 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 FLZ063-066>075-091445- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING EAST SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS AND LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH...MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY BUT MAINLY IN THE WEST INTERIOR AND ON THE WEST COAST. THE APPROACH OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN SOUTH FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 502 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 FLZ072-082130- BROWARD METROPOLITAN FL- 502 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH METRO BROWARD COUNTY SPREADING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN BROWARD SUBURBS FROM SOUTHWEST RANCHES ACROSS WESTERN DAVIE TO SUNRISE, WESTON AND CORAL SPRINGS. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. PFOST
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current while surfing near Franklin Street and Surf Road. This was the third rip current drowning in 3 days at Broward County beaches, during a period of sustained east winds of 15-20 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, Coastal Broward | 2006-08-08 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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