Strong rip currents along the beaches of Baldwin County resulted in numerous water rescues in the Gulf Shores area with one fatality reported.
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.
Strong rip currents along the beaches of Baldwin County resulted in numerous water rescues in the Gulf Shores area with one fatality reported.
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 20, 2:50 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 350 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...A MOIST LOW TO MID LEVEL SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BETWEEN A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALVES OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THE BASE OF A LARGE EASTERN CONUS UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE DEEP SOUTH INTO MONDAY...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST CARVING OUT A CUT OFF UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA BY NOON MONDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY...WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ALONG THE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR WHILE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OCCURS WEST OF I-65. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 66 TO 72 DEGREES MOST LOCATIONS...WITH MID 70S ALONG THE COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL REACH NEAR 90 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...WITH MID/UPPER 80S ALONG THE COAST. /22 .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SFC LOW WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE WESTWARD ON TUESDAY AS A STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THE HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ON TUESDAY WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. THE SFC WILL DISSIPATE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND MERGES WITH A DIGGING TROUGH ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. THIS WILL SEND A WEAK COLD FRONT TOWARD THE AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. HOWEVER...THE UPPER TROUGH/WEAKNESS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND MAINTAIN UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WITH CONTINUED SCATTERED POPS. /13 && .AVIATION [20.18Z KMOB/KBFM/KPNS TAF ISSUANCE]...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THOUGH LOCALIZED MVFR CIGS AND IFR OR LOWER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA BECOME MORE FOCUSED ALONG THE COAST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY RETURN TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 7-12 KNOTS. /22 && .MARINE...A LIGHT WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. WINDS COULD MOMENTARILY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OR NORTH EARLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA BAYS AND NEAR SHORE GULF WATERS AS A MEANDERING SURFACE BOUNDARY SLIPS SOUTH INTO THE GULF. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE ON MONDAY. /22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 72 90 72 93 72 / 40 30 20 30 20 PENSACOLA 74 90 76 90 75 / 60 40 20 40 20 DESTIN 77 87 77 90 78 / 60 50 20 40 20 EVERGREEN 69 91 70 94 70 / 30 30 20 40 20 WAYNESBORO 66 91 69 93 69 / 20 20 10 20 20 CAMDEN 68 92 69 93 68 / 20 20 20 30 20 CRESTVIEW 71 91 70 94 70 / 40 40 20 40 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 621 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211130- 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 621 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-211130- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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- 621 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VISIBILITY REDUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY TO MIDDLE TO PART OF THE WEEK. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 17 year old male from Louisiana drowned in the Gulf waters due to strong rip currents. The drowning occurred on west beach in Gulf Shores.
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 | 2014-07-20 | 16 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2014
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: 522769.