A series of moderate to high rip current risk days resulted in the rescue of more than 40 people at Navarre Beach from Friday June 12 to Wednesday June 17. One person drowned on Wednesday June 17 when he was pulled out by a strong 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 MOB wrote it up.
A series of moderate to high rip current risk days resulted in the rescue of more than 40 people at Navarre Beach from Friday June 12 to Wednesday June 17. One person drowned on Wednesday June 17 when he was pulled out by a strong 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 4:08 AM CST, 8 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 508 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 .SHORT TERM [TODAY AND TONIGHT]...DEEP RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AND CENTRAL GULF STATES WILL MAINTAIN STRENGTH AND POSITION THROUGH 12Z THU LEADING TO MORE SUN THEN CLOUDS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING MOSTLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SEABREEZE CIRCULATION ADVANCING WELL INLAND OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE BEST CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE RAIN WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR IN AL BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THIS PATTERN WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH A FEW ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE ACCOMPANIED WITH GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. PWATS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE LOWERED TO AROUND 1.5 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS LIMITING RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AS FOR TEMPS WITH SFC TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 90S ALONG WITH DEWPTS TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 103 DEGREES FOR MOST AREAS. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE THROUGH TONIGHT AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY FOR BETTER CONSISTENCY WITH SURROUNDING WFOS. HIGHS TODAY WILL CLIMB TO THE MID 90S FOR MOST INLAND AREAS AND THE LOWER 90S CLOSER TO THE COAST. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL TO THE THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S INLAND AND THE MIDDLE 70S CLOSER TO THE COAST. 32/EE [THURSDAY AND FRIDAY]...THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE THURSDAY MORNING WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SHIFT WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO THE REMNANTS OF BILL OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE FRIDAY. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND DEEP SOUTH...WILL REMAIN LARGELY INTACT THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH SOME WEAKENING EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AS BILL ADVANCES NORTHEAST. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1.3 AND 1.8 INCHES OVER THE REGION AS A DIURNAL PATTERN REMAINS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS...EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS...AND MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL INLAND AREAS...RANGING FROM 91 TO 96 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST WILL BE NEAR NORMAL RANGING FROM 88 TO 91 DEGREES. LOW TEMPERATURES BOTH NIGHTS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S INLAND AREAS WITH UPPER 70S ALONG THE BEACHES. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 104 EACH AFTERNOON. /22 .LONG TERM [SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY]...THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL EVOLVE INTO AN ELONGATED RIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND AND STRETCH FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WESTWARD TO SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS AS A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH TEXAS MOVES WEST. A LARGE UPPER HIGH SHOULD EVENTUALLY REDEVELOP OVER THE MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS BY LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS PATTERN WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN DAILY MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE READINGS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 DEGREES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND MAY CLIMB AS HIGH AS 106 EARLY NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY WITH SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE AXIS AND ALSO WITH THE DAILY SEABREEZE. /22 && .AVIATION... 17.12Z TAF ISSUANCE...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 18.12Z. COULD SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS OR VISIBILITIES NEAR SUNRISE TODAY AND ON THU...AND IN AND AROUND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING MOSTLY DURING AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 6 TO 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THU MORNING. 32/EE && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS THE EFFECTS FROM TROPICAL STORM BILL CEASES. OTHERWISE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS DUE TO AFTERNOON AND LOCAL SEABREEZE EFFECTS. 32/EE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 93 73 91 72 91 / 20 20 20 05 20 PENSACOLA 92 76 91 76 90 / 05 05 20 05 20 DESTIN 91 78 90 78 88 / 05 05 10 05 10 EVERGREEN 95 71 95 71 95 / 30 30 20 05 20 WAYNESBORO 94 71 94 71 93 / 20 20 20 05 20 CAMDEN 95 72 95 71 95 / 30 30 20 05 20 CRESTVIEW 97 72 95 71 95 / 20 20 20 05 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 610 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181115- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 610 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-181115- 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- 610 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man in his 20s drowned and four others were sent to the hospital after lifeguards and firefighters pulled eight people from strong rip currents at Navarre Beach.
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 Santa Rosa | 2015-06-17 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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