Strong surf on the 15th was blamed for the drowning of a man at Panama City Beach.
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Strong surf on the 15th was blamed for the drowning of a man at Panama City 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 15, 9:00 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1000 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2009 .SYNOPSIS...THE UNSETTLED WEATHER IS OFF TO AN EARLY START ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH A LARGE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO A LARGE PORTION OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. THIS MORNINGS 12 UTC TAE SOUNDING IS STILL VERY MOIST WITH A PWAT OF 2.16...BUT THERE IS ALSO DRYING BEGINNING TO OCCUR ALOFT ABOVE 550 MB WHICH IS ALSO QUITE EVIDENT ON THE LATEST WV IMAGERY. HOWEVER...THE FCST MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE NOT SHOWING MUCH MORE DRYING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...SO SEE LITTLE REASON NOT TO KEEP LIKELY POPS IN ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...WHICH WILL ALSO COINCIDE WELL WITH THE WORKSTATION WRF RUN AND MUCH OF THE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BUMP UP PARTS OF THE WESTERN BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE TO 70 PERCENT. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE HIGHER TO THE WEST CLOSER TO THE SFC LOW...AND EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY... WITH LOCAL ENHANCEMENTS FROM CONVECTION. && .AVIATION...CONVECTION DEVELOPED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH MVFR CIG/VSBY IN SHWRS/ISOLD TSRA IMPACTING TLH AND PFN DURING THE 12Z-15Z PERIOD. PERIODS OF MVFR TO IFR CIG/VSBY AT DHN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID-MORNING. MORE SHWRS/ISOLD TSRA WILL AFFECT ALL TERMINALS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE SELY LESS THAN 10 KT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AFTER THE CONVECTION WINDS DOWN THIS EVENING...EXPECT BKN VFR CIGS AND LIGHT WINDS. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && GOULD/JAMSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 514 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-160915- 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- 514 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2009 /414 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2009/ 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... A PERSISTENT DEEP LAYER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INCH SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SEVERAL UPPER IMPULSES AND A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST GULF REGION. EXPECT AMPLE RAIN ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW A DRY SLOT MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS MAY DEPRESS RAIN CHANCES THEN...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER GROUNDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA REMAIN AT OR NEAR SATURATION AND MAY ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE SMALL SCALE FLOODING. WITH THE RESIDUAL MOISTURE...LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH DEW POINTS... EXPECT AREAS OF FOG BOTH THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE LOW WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK WITH RAIN CHANCES DECREASING BY THE WEEKEND. UNTIL THEN...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW. HOWEVER THE PERSISTENT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST ENCOMPASSING ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF URBAN AND SMALL SCALE FLOODING. SEVERAL INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE RAIN COVERAGE AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL DECREASE BEGINNING ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING CONCERNS. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1146 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2009 FLZ012-014-151615- BAY-GULF- 1046 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TYNDALL AFB...OR NEAR CALLAWAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 8-JAMSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was pulled from the gulf near 17403 Front Beach Road. The man was later pronounced dead at Bay Medical Center.
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, Bay | 2009-09-15 | 53 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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