Three individuals were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on South Padre Island, during a day with a moderate risk of rip currents. At 410 pm CDT, a 40 year old male became distressed while swimming between the first and second sandbars of a mile north of Beach Access 5 on South Padre Island.
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 BRO wrote it up.
Three individuals were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on South Padre Island, during a day with a moderate risk of rip currents. At 410 pm CDT, a 40 year old male became distressed while swimming between the first and second sandbars of a mile north of Beach Access 5 on South Padre Island. The swimmer was pulled from the surf and CPR was initiated by rescue personnel. While en-route to the hospital, CPR was unsuccessful and the swimmer passed away. At 512 pm CDT, a 13 year old male became distressed while swimming of a mile north of the South Padre Island Jetty. The swimmer was pulled from the surf conscious and EMS personnel responded to the incident. The juvenile was released to the custody of his guardians after receiving treatment at the scene. At 622 pm CDT, an 11 year old male became distressed while swimming at Andy Bowie County Park. The swimmer was pulled from the surf conscious and EMS personnel responded to the incident. The juvenile was released to the custody of his guardians after receiving treatment on scene.
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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 12:52 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 152 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...500 MB LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTION DEVELOP WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT THE NAM...AND TO SOME EXTENT THE GFS... PROG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING ALONG THE OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHWEST TX THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY BUT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO THE TX PANHANDLE AND POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...WILL MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN RANCH LANDS OF THE CWA. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...WILL GO WITH CONSALL MOS GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND MON NIGHT AND WILL GO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THE BLEND OF THE ADJMET AND ADJMAV MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS MON AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...THERE IS FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE GFS AND ECMWF IN DRIFTING THE MID LEVEL LOW TO NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY TUESDAY...WHERE IT THEN TAKES A SOUTHEAST JOG INTO EAST TX AND LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY... WHERE IT STALLS AND FADES INTO THE BACKGROUND. SHORT TERM RAIN CHANCES MAY STILL COME FROM THE WEST...BUT BY THE LONG TERM THE H5 PATTERN WILL VEER AND THE BETTER CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL FOCUS UNDER THE LOW TO THE NORTH. THE SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD...WITH HIGH PRESSURE JOSTLED BUT STILL ANCHORED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF...WILL STILL SUPPORT MDT ONSHORE FLOW AND SEASONAL OR HIGHER TEMPS. SCT THUNDERSTORMS IN GRIDS FOR WEDNESDAY MAY BE OPTIMISTIC BASED ON GUIDANCE...BUT THE SAME FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOKS REASONABLE... ESPECIALLY WITH A BIT MORE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BROAD MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL TAKE OVER LATE IN THE WEEK AS THE UPPER LOW FILLS. THE INHERITED FORECAST WAS LEFT RELATIVELY UNBLEMISHED...AS THERE WAS NO EXCESSIVELY PRESSING MOTIVE TO ALTER IT. && .MARINE... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS WERE NEAR 5 FT WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 16 KTS AT BUOY020 THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT THOUGH MON NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MX. WILL WORD SCEC FOR THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS TONIGHT FOR SEAS IF NOT WINDS. WILL LIKELY SEE SCEC CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BAY WATERS MONDAY AND OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST MON NIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE MON AFTERNOON AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS MON NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A MID LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA TUESDAY...AND WILL INTERACT WITH RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF TO SUPPORT MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS OVER THE MARINE AREAS. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BE MORE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE TRANSITING DISTURBANCE STALLS OVER EAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA AND THEN WASHES OUT...BUT ALSO WHEN IT WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. HOWEVER...MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 76 87 76 87 / 10 20 10 10 BROWNSVILLE 76 88 76 89 / 10 20 20 10 HARLINGEN 75 89 75 91 / 10 20 20 10 MCALLEN 76 92 76 95 / 10 20 20 10 RIO GRANDE CITY 76 93 76 97 / 10 20 20 20 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 76 81 76 82 / 10 20 20 10 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV 61/54/MARTINEZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 347 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ248>257-262100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 347 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-262100- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 347 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40 year old male swimming between the first and second sandbars of a mile north of Beach Access 5 on South Padre Island drowned in a rip current. Two other individuals were rescued, both of whom were brought to shore conscious and treated at the scene.
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 Cameron | 2014-05-25 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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