Three people became trapped in rip currents near 1900 South Ocean Drive on Hallandale Beach, and one person drowned.
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Three people became trapped in rip currents near 1900 South Ocean Drive on Hallandale Beach, and one person drowned.
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 Apr 6, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...CONVECTION HAS FINALLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE ACROSS HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES AND SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE LAKE OKEE REGION/PALM BEACH COUNTY. OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES WHERE THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES MERGE...AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE WITH SLOW NE MOVEMENT BACK TOWARDS THE METRO AREAS EXPECTED HERE AS WELL. COMPLEX/UNCERTAIN FORECAST SHAPING UP FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. CURRENTLY...SFC TROUGH LIES ACROSS NORTH FL/BIG BEND AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS ONE SHORTWAVE SOUTH OF THE FL PANHANDLE WITH AN ASSOCIATED LARGE CONVECTIVE MASS...AND RUC STREAMLINE ANALYSIS SHOWS GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THIS DISTURBANCE. MODELS DIFFER IN THE DETAILS...WITH THE NAM12 SAGGING THE SURFACE TROUGH SOUTH TO CENTRAL FL BY 12Z TOMORROW...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS IT FURTHER NORTH. CONCERNING THE SHORTWAVE...THE GFS ELONGATES THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE MASS MOVING ONE PIECE NE ACROSS N FL WHILE THE SOUTHERN PIECE BREAKS OFF AND MOVES E/SE AND SAGS ACROSS CENTRAL FL THIS EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT AND THEN INTO SOUTH FL LATER TONIGHT/EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS. WHILE THE GFS SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...GIVEN THE UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE GULF AND CURRENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS IT MAY ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA...AND WILL LEAN TOWARDS ITS SOLUTION THE NEXT 24 HRS...GIVEN NAM APPEARS TO HAVE INITIALIZED A BIT TOO FAR SOUTH WITH THIS SHORTWAVE...AND GIVEN BROAD/DIFFUSE NATURE OF SURFACE TROUGH AND LACK OF AN UPSTREAM KICKER DO NOT FEEL IT WILL SAG THAT FAR SOUTH...REMAINING FURTHER NORTH OVERNIGHT LIKE THE 09Z SREF ENSEMBLE MEAN SUGGESTS...IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS. FORECAST WILL AGAIN BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION ACROSS THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND ANY ASSOCIATED BOUNDARIES THAT EMANATE FROM IT. WHATEVER CONVECTION THAT DOES MOVE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT/TOMORROW MORNING COULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHTS ROUND...WITH SOME STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT EXPECT WEAK OVERALL SHEAR/LAPSE RATES AND NOCTURNAL COOLING WILL PREVENT A SEVERE WX OUTBREAK. SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WILL FINALLY GIVE THE SFC TROUGH SOME PUSH THROUGH THE CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. SFC FLOW VEERS TO SW OR WSW AHEAD OF IT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THINGS TO WARM UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EAST COAST AREAS IF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CAN CLEAR SOME. HIGHS COULD CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S AS A RESULT...BUT GIVEN HIGHLY UNCERTAIN CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION OVERNIGHT WILL NOT GO AS WARM AS THIS PATTERN FAVORS CLIMATOLOGICALLY. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH SHOULD STAY COOLER AS WINDS SHIFT N AND THEN NE DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRECIP AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT THIS AGAIN WILL BE DEPENDANT ON EVOLUTION TONIGHT. IF GFS SCENARIO DOES INDEED PAN OUT...WOULD EXPECT THE WSW SFC FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH TO LIMIT MOISTURE RECOVERY AND CONVERGENCE...AND THUS LIMIT OVERALL PRECIP THREAT AFTER THE MORNING HOURS. THEREAFTER...SFC RIDGE MOVES SLOWLY INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH PREVAILING NE FLOW...AND MID-LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS OVERHEAD. WHILE ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY LINGER FOR A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN AREAS TUESDAY...THE BULK OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKS DRY AND WARM. IF THIS PATTERN DOES PAN OUT...STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND OFFSHORE FLOW COULD LEAD TO WARMER THAN GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ALONG THE WEST COAST/NAPLES AREA ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF THE TIME THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY PARTICULAR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE EAST COAST SITES WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY. THIS POSSIBILITY IS HIGHEST FOR PBI THAN THE OTHER SITES. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS A FRONTAL TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...ANY STORM ACTIVITY ACCOMPANYING THIS FEATURE COULD ALSO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS. MAIN CONCERN ALONG WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO BE WIND SHIFTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. && .MARINE... S TO SW WINDS CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING AROUND 15 KTS...THEN BECOME NW THEN NE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH. NE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS...AND IF SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST AS ADVERTISED BY SOME MODELS...THERE COULD BE A 3 TO 4 FT SWELL MOVING SW TO OUR LOCAL WATERS BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY. FETCH AT THIS TIME WOULD FAVOR GREATEST IMPACT AT PALM BEACH COAST AS BAHAMAS WILL SHIELD AREAS FURTHER SOUTH FROM MORE THAN A 1 TO 2 FT SWELL. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS...SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL MOVE IN AND MIX DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT RHS SHOULD NOT DROP BELOW 40 PERCENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 70 85 70 82 / 60 60 20 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 71 85 72 83 / 60 60 20 20 MIAMI 72 87 72 84 / 60 60 20 20 NAPLES 71 84 67 88 / 70 40 20 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE: STRASSBERG AVIATION: PS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 330 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-070000- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 330 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING EAST COAST... ...CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY INTERIOR/EAST COAST THROUGH EVENING... ...CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT... ...ONE OR TWO STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST THIS AFTERNOON AD EVENING AND ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE EAST COAST BEACHES. THE RISK IS HIGH SINCE RESCUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND THE LOW TIDE HAS OCCURRED THIS MID AFTERNOON. TORNADOES: THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO ALONG ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. WIND: THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH. HAIL: THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL. FLOODING: MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND ON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. OTHERWISE, A NORTHEAST SWELL MAY AFFECT THE ATLANTIC WATERS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASING THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. PS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Three people were trapped in rip currents along Hallandale Beach near 1900 South Ocean Drive, however two people were rescued by lifeguards and fire rescue while a third 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 Broward County | 2008-04-06 | 85 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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