A man died in rough surf in Destin.
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 episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A man died in rough surf in Destin.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 10:14 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1114 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 .SHORT TERM UPDATE (REST OF TODAY)...UPDATED FORECAST PACKAGE TO INCREASE THE COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE REST OF TODAY AS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING PLENTY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS GROWING UNDER THE WEAK CAP AT 650 MB IN A MOISTURE RICH LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT. THAT WEAK MIDLEVEL CAP SHOULD EASILY BE OVERTAKEN BY AFTERNOON. MOSTLY SHOWERS ON THE RADAR SCOPE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT AS THE INSTABILITY AND CAPES INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WE SHOULD SEE ENOUGH VERTICAL GROWTH OF THE CONVECTIVE COLUMNS AND CLOUD-TOP GLACIATION TO SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY 2 PM. THE LATE MORNING WET MICROBURST ASSESSMENT STILL INDICATES WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED CELL OR TWO PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS AT 40 TO MAYBE 50 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH THE LAPSE RATES ARE NOT STEEP (SFC-FZL ONLY RUNNING 6.5C AT BEST)...WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH DRY AIR IN THE 700-500 MB LAYER WITH AFTERNOON FORECASTED CAPES TO RUN IN THE 3000-4000 J/KG RANGE. THE 1000-900 MB MEAN MIXING RATIOS ARE RUNNING AROUND 15.3 G/KG TODAY...THAT QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. VAD WIND PROFILES FROM KMOB AVERAGING 20-25 KTS FROM 1000-6000 FT AGL. BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL KEEP THE SURFACE WINDS RUNNING AROUND 15 KTS GUSTING TO 20-25 KTS THIS AFTERNOON...A LITTLE BREEZY. /05 && .UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 86 73 86 71 / 60 20 60 20 PENSACOLA 84 74 86 73 / 50 20 50 20 DESTIN 84 75 86 75 / 40 10 40 20 EVERGREEN 88 70 89 70 / 50 10 60 20 WAYNESBORO 89 71 91 70 / 60 20 60 20 CAMDEN 89 72 91 71 / 40 10 60 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && /05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-081100- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 540 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE GULF COAST THIS MORNING WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE NORTHWARD AROUND 25 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER TO BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH IN ADDITION TO HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS...CLUSTERS OF STRONGER STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE COASTAL SHORES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS IN ADDITION TO ROUGH SEAS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS PLANNING A TRIP ONTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE APPROACH OF STRONGER STORMS FROM THE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TUNE TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BAND ON YOUR V H F MARINE RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO MOVE ASHORE QUICKLY SHOULD A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING BECOME NECESSARY FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...HOWEVER NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 65 year old man from Indiana drowned in rough surf behind Sand Piper Cove condos. Red flags were flying warning people of rough surf where the man drowned.
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 Okaloosa | 2007-06-07 | 65 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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