Rip Current, Brevard
- When
- October 22, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Brevard forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
A 51 year old man drowned while trying to rescue a woman caught in a rip current at Cocoa Beach.
Rip Current in Florida, October 22, 2007
Rough surf produced rip currents in Brevard County.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 MLB wrote it up.
Rough surf produced rip currents in Brevard County.
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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 22, 9:08 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 9:08 AM EST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1008 AM EDT MON OCT 22 2007 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT/TODAY...KXMR SOUNDING CAME IN VERY MOIST THIS MORNING WITH A PWAT OF 2.44. LIGHT/MODERATE EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY IN THE LOW LEVELS. STEERING FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME STORMS ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR WILL BE CAPABLE OF DUMPING A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD. STILL EXPECT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS WITH PERIODS OF SUNSHINE IN SPOTS. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE IN GOOD SHAPE. NO ANTICIPATED CHANGES TO ZONES OR GRIDS FOR THE MORNING UPDATE. && .AVIATION...MORNING STRATUS SLOW TO BURN OFF NEAR TAF SITES NEAR KLEE/KMCO/KDAB/KSFB...THOUGH THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. SCT SHRA/TSRA DVLPNG THIS AFTN ACROSS NORTHERN & INTERIOR TERMINALS WITH MAIN THREATS +RA AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLD ATLC SHRA TO AFFECT THE COAST FROM KDAB-KSUA AFT 03Z. && .MARINE...TODAY...EAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS 10-15 KTS WITH SEAS UP TO 4 FT OFFSHORE WITH A 6 SEC WAVE PERIOD. A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS EXISTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SEDLOCK/DECKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 3:35 AM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 435 AM EDT MON OCT 22 2007 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 221900- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 435 AM EDT MON OCT 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP MOISTURE AND SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE FOUR CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING METRO ORLANDO. REMEMBER TO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... ONSHORE WINDS AND LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF THE PULL OF THE CURRENT AND THEN SWIM BACK TO SHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ONSHORE WINDS THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL ELEVATE THE RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STORMS EACH AFTERNOON... MAINLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. VOLKMER
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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, Brevard | 2007-10-22 | 51 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 61039.