as well as the falling tide.
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 JAX wrote it up.
Onshore flow increased the rip current risk...as well as the falling tide.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 15, 9:51 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1051 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 .UPDATE... MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS RIDGING (1025 MILLIBARS) EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES. ALOFT...DEEP LAYERED RIDGING COVERS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT RESULTED IN A DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE BEING TIED AT JACKSONVILLE (52 DEGREES). BENIGN WEATHER WILL PREVAIL REGION-WIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS A DRY AND SUBSIDENT AIR MASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER OUR REGION. A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST SHORTLY AFTER NOON AND PROGRESSES INLAND TO THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS AT THE REGIONAL TERMINALS THROUGH 17Z. A SEABREEZE WILL PUSH PAST THE SSI AND CRG TERMINALS BY 18Z...AND SHOULD REACH JAX AND VQQ TOWARDS 20Z. LIGHT SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AFTER 00Z. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN SITUATED OVER OUR REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES...WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10-15 KTS...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS EACH AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY SURGE OFFSHORE TO NEAR CAUTION LEVELS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OVERNIGHT...BUT HEADLINES SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEAS REMAIN IN THE 3-4 FT RANGE. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK AT AREA BEACHES. && .FIRE WX... DRY CONDS WILL CONTINUE AS MIN RH LEVELS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 25-30% RANGE OVER INLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. A SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH INLAND TO THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...BUT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 10-15 MPH RANGE AND FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR ANY HEADLINES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 86 60 88 61 / 0 0 0 0 SSI 81 66 83 68 / 0 0 0 0 JAX 85 59 87 62 / 0 0 0 0 SGJ 80 64 82 65 / 0 0 0 0 GNV 86 59 87 61 / 0 0 0 0 OCF 86 60 88 62 / 0 0 0 0 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && NELSON/ENYEDI/CHASE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 353 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136- 149>154-162>166-161000- ALACHUA- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-APPLING-ATKINSON- BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)- CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST- GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU- PIERCE-PUTNAM-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION- WARE-WAYNE- 353 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS BEGINNING FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man died trying to rescue a 10 year old boy from a rip current at Hanna Park. The boy was pulled to safety, but the 62 year old died a short time later at the hospital. The event was logged as an indirect fatality.
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, Duval | 2013-05-15 | 62 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 2013
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: 452969.