A rip current proved fatal for a man swimming at St George Island.
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A rip current proved fatal for a man swimming at St George Island.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 23, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 140 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2007 .SYNOPSIS...THE ELONGATED TROF OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WHICH IS BEING MONITORED BY NHC FOR POSSIBLE SLOW TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT... IS BECOMING QUITE A BIT MORE CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROF CONTINUE TO PUSH INLAND FROM THE GULF OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN FL PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF COASTAL AL LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUS FAR...IT HAS BEEN VERY QUIET FURTHER TO THE EAST ACROSS OUR CWA...AND AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED THAT THE MUCH DRIER AIR OFF TO THE NE MAY BE HAVING A MORE EXPEDIENT IMPACT THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. IF THIS IS THE CASE...MAY HAVE TO LOWER POPS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... BUT STILL EXPECT AT LEAST SOME CONVECTION TO DEVELOP BEFORE THE 2 INCH PW AIR IS EVICTED OFF TO THE S AND E. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND WILL UPDATE THE POPS IF NECESSARY. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THE BUILDING SFC RIDGE WELL OFF TO THE NE IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE AREA...WITH WINDS BACKING FROM THE S-SE TO THE E-NE OVER THE LAST 12 HRS. && .SHORT TERM...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THE TRICKIEST PART OF THE NEAR TERM FCST MAY VERY WELL BE THE 1ST PERIOD...AS UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS WITH THE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE OVER THE CWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY MONDAY...THE PICTURE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE CAROLINAS WHILE A DRY CONTINENTAL RIDGE AT THE SFC BUILDS IN OVER THE NE AND MID ATLANTIC STATES. THESE 2 HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE TO PUSH ANY OF THE REMAINING TROPICAL MOISTURE WELL OFF TO OUR S AND W...AS MUCH DRIER AIR BUILDS INTO THE REGION AT ALL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH MONDAYS POPS ARE ALREADY LOW...MAY HAVE TO DECREASE THEM EVEN FURTHER...AS PWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO NEAR 1 INCH FROM NW TO SE OVER THE CWA DURING MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHERMORE...ANTICIPATE SOME SUBSIDENCE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CONVECTION FROM THE BROAD GULF LOW. ALTHOUGH THE NAM IS NOW VERY QUICK TO PUSH THE SFC RIDGE OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY AND ALLOW DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE TO RETURN TO THE REGION FROM THE SE...STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PATTERN WILL EVOLVE MORE SLOWLY AS DEPICTED IN THE GFS AND ECMWF...WHICH WILL HOLD OFF THE RETURN OF POPS TO THE CWA FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. && .LONG TERM...BY WEDNESDAY...THE ABOVE MENTIONED UPPER LEVEL HIGH/RIDGE WHICH DOMINATED CWA IS PROGGED TO HEAD EASTWARD INTO THE ATLC OCEAN. ADD...BACKSIDE OF ABOVE INVERTED TROUGH PULLING WWD AS RIDGE SLOWLY PULLS OUT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING FROM MIDWEST TO ERN THIRD OF THE U.S BY THURSDAY. THIS ALLOWS ABOVE TROPICAL MOISTURE TO SURGE NWWD AND OVER CWA WED-THURS WHILE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW BY LATE IN THE WEEK B4 STALLING BUT ALLOWING FOR VEERING WINDS...WEAKER GRADIENTS AND INCREASING MOIST ONSHORE FLOW. SO CLOUDS...TEMPS AND POPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AT THIS TIME. BY FRIDAY WAVE INFLUENCE ENDS AND RETURN TO AOB CLIMO POPS. && .AVIATION...THE LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO EDGE INTO NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR KABY AND KVLD WITH THE INCLUSION OF VCTS. DEEPER MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM SEA BREEZES WILL FOCUS MOST OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE FL TERMINALS WITH TEMPO GROUPS FOR MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. THE CONVECTION WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY VFR CONDITIONS AND PARTIAL CLEARING. FAIRLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR VSBYS AT KDHN AND KABY...AND MVFR-IFR CIG/VSBY AT KVLD. && .MARINE...THE BUILDING SFC RIDGE TO THE NE WILL BECOME THE DOMINATING INFLUENCE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH WINDS AND SEAS POSSIBLY REACHING SCEC LEVELS OVER PARTS OF THE MARINE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY UNDER A GRADUALLY TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. && .FIRE WX...NO CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 72 93 70 90 72 / 30 10 05 20 30 PANAMA CITY 75 92 74 90 73 / 30 20 05 10 30 DOTHAN 71 92 69 90 69 / 30 10 05 10 20 ALBANY 72 92 68 90 70 / 20 10 05 10 20 VALDOSTA 70 92 70 90 70 / 20 10 05 10 20 CROSS CITY 72 93 70 90 71 / 30 10 05 20 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION/FIRE WX...JAMSKI PUBLIC/MARINE...GOULD LONG TERM...BLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 522 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-240930- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 522 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2007 /422 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10 CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST ACROSS WESTERN LOUISIANA AND INTO EASTERN TEXAS THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE... TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH FROM THE GULF TO ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. THUS...CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE AREA SHOULD DRY OUT ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THEN A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man drowned from rip currents at St George Island.
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, Franklin | 2007-09-23 | 42 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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