A woman and 3 to 4 year old child drowned after being caught in a rip current near a pier close to the four season condo. A third person was injured and was taken to an area hospital after entering the surf to rescue the woman and child.
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.
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A woman and 3 to 4 year old child drowned after being caught in a rip current near a pier close to the four season condo. A third person was injured and was taken to an area hospital after entering the surf to rescue the woman and child.
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 Jul 2, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 354 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD LOWER RAIN CHANCES FOR MOST INLAND LOCATIONS AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COASTAL LOCATIONS THROUGH MAY BE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY. AS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MEANDER AROUND THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE NHC IS NOT EXPECTING FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BECOME TROPICAL IN NATURE. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE SYSTEM COULD KEEP RAIN CHANCES A BIT HIGHER ALONG THE GULF COAST QUITE POSSIBLY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. COMPUTER MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCATION OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...GFS AND ECMWF BEGIN TO DIVERGE GREATLY. THE GFS CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE MODEL AS IT SHOWS A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM PULLING IN GULF MOISTURE BACK INTO THE AREA AND THUS PRODUCE MUCH HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. THE ECMWF SHOWS A WEAKER SYSTEM AND THUS KEEP DRIER AIR IN PLACE. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY A BLEND OF BOTH MODELS...BUT WILL LEAN CLOSE WITH THE ECMWF. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY INLAND LOCATIONS WITH THE DRY AIR IN PLACE. /ARM && .AVIATION (18Z UPDATE)...AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AT THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOST ACTIVITY REMAINING TO THE S AND W. OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. LIGHT NELY FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL TREND TO ELY AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRES PASS S OFF THE COAST. GUSTS AROUND 20 KT POSSIBLE SAT WITH BETTER MIXING. && .MARINE...AN AREA OF LOW PRES DEVELOPING ALONG A STALLED FRONT JUST S OF APALACHEE BAY WILL SLOWLY MOVE WWD S OF THE COASTAL WATERS THOUGH THE WEEKEND. NELY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO ELY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT AS THE LOW BEGINS TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE REGION...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE LOW SLOWLY SLIDES JUST S OF THE WATERS AND THE LA COAST. CONTINUE TO DISCOUNT THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND FAVOR AN ECMWF/NAM BLEND WITH WINDS TO AROUND 20 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WITH UNCERTAINTY AMONG SOME MODELS CONTINUING AND SOME MODELS INDICATING STRONGER WINDS WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE SITUATION CLOSELY AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. CURRENT THINKING IS THE SYSTEM WILL NOT OBTAIN TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NHC ONLY FORECASTING A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF BECOMING TROPICAL. LONG PERIOD SSW SWELL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FT EARLY THIS EVENING BUT SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SAT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO AROUND 5 FT...WITH 4 TO 5 FT SEAS CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. SINCE WE ARE DISCOUNTING THE GFS HAVE ALSO DISCOUNTED WAVEWATCH. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND SUNDAY WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH RIDGING INTO THE REGION FROM THE E. /SK && .FIRE WEATHER...INLAND LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION INTO A DRIER PATTERN. HOWEVER...THE COASTAL REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. ALTHOUGH DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INLAND...IT SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 73 91 71 89 / 30 30 40 50 PENSACOLA 75 91 75 87 / 40 30 40 40 DESTIN 76 89 77 84 / 40 30 40 40 EVERGREEN 70 91 68 90 / 20 20 20 30 WAYNESBORO 70 93 65 92 / 10 20 20 40 CAMDEN 69 93 67 94 / 10 20 20 20 CRESTVIEW 71 90 71 90 / 40 30 40 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2010 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-031200- 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- 530 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. WHILE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE WESTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF COAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE EASTERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THIS TIME. THE INCREASED EASTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MAINLY THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND OFFSHORE THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE STORMS IS NOT EXPECTED.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman and 3 to 4 year old child drowned after being caught in a rip current near a pier close to the four season condo. A third person was injured and was taken to an area hospital after entering the surf to rescue the woman and child.
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, Lower Baldwin | 2010-07-02 | Female | In Water | Direct | |
| Rip Current, Lower Baldwin | 2010-07-02 | 3 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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