Rip Current in Florida, April 2, 2014

Name: Rip Current in Florida, April 2, 2014
Start: 2014-04-02T16:20
End: 2014-04-02T16:20
Location: Florida

April 2, 2014 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Moderate east to southeast winds led to rip current formation along the southeast Florida coast.

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 MFL wrote it up.

Moderate east to southeast winds led to rip current formation along the southeast Florida coast.

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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 2, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
223 PM EDT WED APR 2 2014

...DRY WEATHER CONTINUES OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BEFORE SHOWERS RETURN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.SHORT TERM...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY EAST
FURTHER INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR A COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TO MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LATE THIS
WEEK...BEFORE STALLING OUT OVER THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BOARDER THIS
WEEKEND.

THIS WILL KEEP THE DRY AIR IN PLACE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH THE PWAT
VALUES OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AROUND 0.50 INCHES THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK BEFORE INCREASING TO AROUND 0.8 INCHES BY THIS WEEKEND.
THE AVERAGE PWAT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS AROUND 1.1 INCHES OVER
SOUTH FLORIDA. SO THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN DRY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA
FOR REST OF THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND...AS THE WINDS SWING
SLOWLY FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TODAY TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
BY THIS WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGH REST OF THIS
WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S OVER
MOST AREAS, EXCEPT AROUND 90 OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS.
LOWS WILL BE IN THE 60S OVER MOST AREAS, EXCEPT LOWER TO MID 70S
EAST COAST METRO AREAS.

.LONG TERM...
THE LATEST LONG RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING
IN THE TEXAS REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST
TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL
PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. SO THE WIND FLOW OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE SOUTHWEST EARLY
NEXT WEEK ALLOWING FOR SOME MOISTURE TO RETURN TO THE AREA. SO
WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST WITH SKC-FEW040.
SURFACE WIND WILL BE ESE 10-12KT ALONG THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING EAST DURING THE NIGHT BUT DIMINISHING TO 6-8KT AND
A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING AT APF.

&&

.MARINE...
THE WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY BEFORE SWINGING
TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION THIS WEEKEND...AS THE WIND SPEEDS WILL
BE 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THIS WILL KEEP THE SEAS BELOW 6 FEET THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF WATERS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA. SO BOATING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN GOOD FOR SOUTH FLORIDA

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON THURSDAY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 35 PERCENT
OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...EXCEPT FOR THE AREAS WEST OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE WHERE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 35
PERCENT FOR COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. SO NO FIRE WEATHER
HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  68  82  70  84 /   0   0   0  10
FORT LAUDERDALE  71  82  73  84 /   0   0   0  10
MIAMI            70  83  73  85 /   0   0   0  10
NAPLES           64  85  66  86 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...30/KOB
LONG TERM....54/BNB
AVIATION...30/KOB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 8:32 AM EST, 7 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
932 AM EDT WED APR 2 2014

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
030200-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY-
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
932 AM EDT WED APR 2 2014

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL LEAD TO A
MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST, AND
LIKELY LINGER INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS MAY ALSO
INCREASE ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

BAXTER

The radar

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Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Coastal Palm Beach County

When: April 2, 4:20 PM EST
Where: Coastal Palm Beach County forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A young man (Jacobo Dorcely) drowned while swimming at Hammock Park near Boynton Inlet. The man's age was not indicated in media reports, but is estimated to be around 18 years of age. His body was recovered about 50 feet from shore. Occurred at an unguarded beach.

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 Palm Beach County	2014-04-02		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

Every storm in Florida in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, April 2014

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: 516081.