Rip Current, Coastal Bay
- When
- August 10, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Bay forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 30.238, -85.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in Florida, August 10, 2013
A 26 year old male was swept away and drowned after saving two girls and his best friend from rip currents.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A 26 year old male was swept away and drowned after saving two girls and his best friend from rip currents.
What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 10, 1:28 PM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:28 PM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 228 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2013 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Scattered convection mainly over our western zones will diminish shortly after sunset with low temperatures in the lower to middle 70s. && .SHORT TERM [Sunday Through Tuesday]... The TUTT low will continue ewd across the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, with flat ridging aloft persisting over our area. We can expect scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, especially Sunday, although these will be more typical for late summer and not widespread. After a dry overnight period Sunday night, Monday will likely see less activity over the southern counties with 20-30% PoPs across FL increasing to 40-50% PoPs into GA/sern AL. Heat indices push well into the lower 100s with afternoon highs in the mid 90s for the most part across inland locations both days. && .LONG TERM [Tuesday Night through Saturday]... Flat ridge aloft will transition into a broad trough in the Southeast with attendant cold front sagging swd into the region. This suggests return to a wet pattern with a fairly good chance of rain for much of the mid to late week with temperatures near or just below normal each afternoons. && .AVIATION [Beginning 18Z Saturday]... Went with convective tempo groups for TLH, ECP and DHN for the remainder of this afternoon and VCTS at ABY. Did not see much in the way of fog or low clouds this morning so left out of all terminals overnight. If fog develops, it with be patchy and briefly lower vsbys to MVFR levels around daybreak. && .MARINE... Both winds and seas continue to slowly fall tonight, and more typical summertime conditions of light winds and low seas are expected into next week. && .FIRE WEATHER... No fire weather concerns. && .HYDROLOGY... In the near term, area rivers will continue to slowly fall or hold steady. However, depending on how things setup, we could see rainfall increase area wide next week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 73 95 74 95 75 / 20 40 10 30 20 Panama City 77 90 78 89 78 / 20 50 10 20 20 Dothan 73 93 73 92 73 / 20 50 20 40 20 Albany 73 95 73 93 73 / 20 40 20 40 30 Valdosta 72 98 74 97 75 / 20 30 20 30 20 Cross City 72 95 74 94 74 / 20 20 10 30 10 Apalachicola 75 91 77 89 77 / 20 40 10 20 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM/AVIATION...Barry EVERYTHING ELSE...Evans
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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 Bay | 2013-08-10 | 26 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Washington, August 10 to 11, 2013
- Wildfire in Utah, August 10 to 24, 2013
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 10, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 10, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 10, 2013
- Debris Flow and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 10, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2013
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 10, 2013
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 10, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 10 to 12, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 10, 2013
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 478251.