A local man was pulled from the surf and died after being caught in a rip current.
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 MLB wrote it up.
A local man was pulled from the surf and died after being caught in a rip current.
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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 9:27 AM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1027 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2014 .DISCUSSION... WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUDS LOOK TO KEEP AFTERNOON HIGHS A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. MID AND UPPER 70S WITH SOME AROUND 80 LOOKS TO BE A BETTER FORECAST. THE TAMPA BAY SOUNDING WAS SHOWING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH MUCH DRIER AIR ABOVE DRY OR A CAP STARTING AT AROUND 12000/13000 FEET WHICH WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES POSSIBLE AS THE MORNING LOW CLOUDS MOVE WEST TO EAST OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH SUNSET. && .AVIATION...PREVIALING MVFR TEMPO IFR AS LOW CLOUDS MOVE WEST TO EAST OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH 20/00Z. MVFR/IFR AFTER 20/02Z. && .MARINE... NOAA BUOYS 009 AND 010 WERE RECORDING SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS. BUOY 009 WAS RECORDING 5 FEET. BUOY 010 WAS RECORDING 8 FEET AT 120NM OFFSHORE. THE TWO SCRIPPS BUOYS 4 NM EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL AND 6NM NORTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET WERE RECORDING 2 TO 4 FOOT SEAS. THE AFTERNOON FORECAST IS IN LINE WITH THE BUOY REPORTS. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER LONG TERM....BLOTTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 855 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-192200- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 855 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE LINE OF STRONG LIGHTNING STORMS HAS MOVED OFFSHORE AND WITH THEM MUCH OF THE DEEP MOISTURE. HOWEVER...A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TODAY. RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND SOME DAYTIME HEATING FROM PARTIAL SUNSHINE MAY ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS TO DEVELOP. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STORMS WILL BE FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON DURING THE TIME OF PEAK HEATING. WHILE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT. SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT POP UP WILL MOVE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... THE MAIN AREA OF STORMS HAS MOVED WELL OFFSHORE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS TO REDEVELOP OVER THE MAINLAND AND APPROACH THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ANY STORMS THAT CROSS THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL HAVE GUSTY WIND TO 35 KNOTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AND AROUND 15 TO 20 KNOTS SOUTH. SEAS WILL BE UP TO 7 TO 8 FEET OVER THE GULF STREAM THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 15 KNOTS AS THEY VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... EASTERLY SWELLS AND THE RECENT FULL MOON WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. CHECK WITH LIFEGUARDS ABOUT OCEAN HAZARDS WHEN ARRIVING AT THE BEACH AND SWIM ONLY WHERE THERE IS A LIFEGUARD ON DUTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST OF THE STATE ON SUNDAY. A NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WIND SURGE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL BRING HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY WITH GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BLOTTMAN
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 51 year old male from Tennessee died of drowning after being caught in a rip current at an unguarded beach. Ocean rescue personnel observed dangerous rip currents at the time of the drowning.
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, Brevard | 2014-04-19 | 51 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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