A 59 year old Male died in a rip current off of Perdido Key just east of Johnson Beach.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A 59 year old Male died in a rip current off of Perdido Key just east of Johnson Beach.
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 Apr 24, 1:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A GENERAL
SOUTHEAST FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO FEED LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. AN UPPER HIGH OVER THE SAME AREA WILL
HELP TO KEEP THE MID LEVELS RELATIVELY DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAY
BE ENOUGH OF A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN EDGES OF THE
FORECAST AREA FOR A FEW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
POPS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT AND WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST FOR
THIS PACKAGE. WILL LIKELY BE FOG AGAIN TONIGHT AND MOST LIKELY
SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT
ALABAMA COUNTIES.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE AXIS MOVES
FROM NEAR THE EAST COAST INTO THE ATLANTIC AND WEAKENS THROUGH
TUESDAY WITH A FAST ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
STATES. A LONG WAVE TROF GRADUALLY DIGS INTO THE WESTERN STATES FOR
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH RIDGING REBUILDING OVER THE EASTERN
STATES. A SERIES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
EJECT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT THE
RIDGING LIMITS THE EFFECTS ON THE FORECAST AREA. WARM DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERATE A SEA BREEZE EACH DAY AND WILL STAY WITH
SMALL POPS RETURNING TO THE MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY...THEN TAPERING OFF ON THURSDAY AS THE DEEP LAYER
RIDGING STRENGTHENS AGAIN.
&&
.MARINE...1024+ MB SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN
POSITIONED TO OUR EAST...OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC WHILE
ALSO STRENGTHENING 4 TO 8 MB THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
MEANWHILE...A SERIES OF FRONTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OVER THIS TIME FRAME. THE
RESULTING PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STRENGTHENING HIGH TO THE
EAST AND THE LOWER PRESSURES WELL TO THE WEST RESULTS IN AN
INCREASING TREND IN SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A SUBSEQUENT BUILD IN SEAS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEAS HOLD NEARLY STEADY ON THROUGH MONDAY. AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTH OF THE SOUTHEAST FLOW AND TIDE RANGES
FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET ON AVERAGE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE...SUGGESTS
THAT THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND.
CONSIDERING THIS...BEACH GOERS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH
PATROL AND FLAG WARNING SYSTEMS BEFORE ENTERING THE SURF THIS
WEEKEND. /10
&&
.AVIATION 18Z ISSUANCE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 25/06Z...
THEN A REFORMATION OF PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFT 06Z. FOG
COULD BE DENSE AT TIMES LOCALLY...REMAINING MOSTLY PATCHY IN
COVERAGE THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK. LIGHT TO MODERATE S/SE
WINDS THROUGH LATE AFTN...BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. /10
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...SURFACE HUMIDITY WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO INCREASE
BY 2 PM OVER SOME OF THE INTERIOR SITES WITH THE SOUTHEAST WIND
SLOWLY INCREASING THE MOISTURE. THINK SATURDAY WILL BE MOIST ENOUGH
THAT A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. WILL STILL HAVE
HUMIDITY LESS THAN 40 PERCENT OVER THE EASTERN ZONES WITH A MODERATE
SOUTHERLY WIND.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 60 84 62 81 / 05 05 05 10
PENSACOLA 65 80 63 79 / 05 05 05 10
DESTIN 66 79 65 78 / 05 05 05 05
EVERGREEN 56 86 55 83 / 05 05 05 10
WAYNESBORO 58 84 54 81 / 05 05 05 10
CAMDEN 57 86 56 81 / 05 05 05 10
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-252000- 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- 245 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HWO/INDEX.PHP. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES FOR MOST INLAND AREAS OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY DENSE FOG...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/4 OF A MILE... CAN BE EXPECTED MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. DUE TO A STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND LOWERING PRESSURES OVER THE PLAINS STATES...SOUTHEAST FLOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE ON SATURDAY. CONSIDERING THIS...ALONG WITH TIDAL RANGES FROM 1.5 TO 2 FEET BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE...THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL GIVE WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT LATE SATURDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE REQUIRED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59 year old male died due to a rip current off of Perdido key just east of Johnson Beach.
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 Escambia | 2009-04-24 | 59 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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