A man drowned while swimming along the coast in Tillamook. His drowning is believed to be due to a rip current.
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The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A man drowned while swimming along the coast in Tillamook. His drowning is believed to be due to 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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 12:51 PM PST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 151 PM PDT FRI JUL 10 2015 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THAT BEGAN THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETS UP OFF THE COAST...MAINTAINING THE MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GIVING A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS AT TIMES...WITH THUNDER POSSIBLY IN THE HIGHER CASCADES. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL FINALLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A BIT BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE MUCH COOLER WEATHER...AND POSSIBLY GIVE OUR AREA A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. MORE SEASONAL PATTERN IS EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK UNDER ZONAL FLOW BUT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS. && .SHORT TERM...AN UPPER LOW CONTINUED OVER THE GREAT BASIN AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. A SOUTHWEST MARINE PUSH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT...AND MARINE CLOUDS STILL COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW HAS CONTINUED TO FEED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE OREGON CASCADES TODAY...WHICH THEN WEAKEN INTO A FEW SHOWERS AS THEY MOVE WEST OFF THE CASCADES INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. IT APPEARS THIS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE GREAT BASIN LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THE NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM ALONG 135W AND APPROACHES AND TURNS THE UPPER FLOW MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. THIS TRANSITION WILL REINFORCE THE ONSHORE FLOW AND KEEP THINGS QUITE CLOUDY WITH TEMPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT WILL ALSO PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE AREA AT TIMES. THE MODELS SHOW A DECENT SHORT WAVE NEAR THE COAST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME LOW POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY CHANCE OF THUNDER WOULD BE MAINLY NEAR WILLAMETTE PASS. IN ADDITION...IT LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY WILL HAVE THE MOST PERSISTENT MARINE CLOUDS AND THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES OF THIS STRETCH. ON SUNDAY THE SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS JUST OFF THE COAST...BUT WE ARE IN BETWEEN ANY SHORT WAVES. AFTER A FEW RESIDUAL SHOWERS NEAR THE CASCADES FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHORT WAVE...THERE MIGHT BE A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A BIT BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER OVER MORE OF THE HIGHER CASCADES THAN ON SATURDAY. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE WILL COME ONSHORE AND THROUGH OUR FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WHILE EARLIER MODEL RUNS WERE STRONGER AND HAD THE MAIN LOW CROSSING THROUGH OUR AREA MONDAY...THE LAST FEW RUNS ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE LOW LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH WASHINGTON. HAVE PATTERNED THE POPS AND ANY CHANCE OF THUNDER TO REFLECT THIS LATTER MODEL SOLUTION FOR NOW. TOLLESON .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A BIT OF A WEAK BAGGY UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL STILL RESULT IN MORNING CLOUDS BUT IF ANY PRECIPITATION REMAINS IT WILL BE SPARSE AT BEST AND MAINLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE NORTH PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MID WEEK PERIOD WILL BE MORE SEASONAL WITH TEMPS CLOSE TO NORMAL AND A NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUD REGIME ESPECIALLY AT THE COAST AND THE NORTH INTERIOR...WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN VACILLATING ON A POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM LATE NEXT WEEK BUT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE MODELS WILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE DETAILS AS A COUPLE OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC ARE SOON TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE WESTERLIES. FOR NOW HAVE INCREASED CLOUDS AND EASED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES. TOLLESON && .AVIATION...SOME LOCAL MVFR MARINE STRATUS AROUND 3000 FT LINGERS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SHOWERS DRIFTING WEST OFF OF THE CASCADES INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. WILL SEE MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL INLAND THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH SOME LOCAL HIGH-END MVFR CIGS IN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE CASCADES. OCCASIONAL VFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MVFR STRATUS RETURNS SHORTLY AFTER 01Z-02Z SAT. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED INLAND AFTER 08Z-10Z SAT. KPDX AND APPROACHES...LOW-END VFR CIGS AROUND 4000 FT CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN MVFR STRATUS RETURNS WITH CIGS NEAR 2500 FT AFTER 09Z SAT AGAIN. /27 && .MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN PUSH THROUGH ON SAT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10-15 KT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH GUSTS 21-23 KT POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SAT MORNING. STILL NOT CONFIDENT ON WIDESPREAD GUSTS ABOVE 21 KT...THINKING MORE LIKE A FEW LOCAL GUSTS OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS. IF ANYTHING... A LOW END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE WARRANTED. /27 OTHERWISE...WINDS DROP OFF ONCE AGAIN AND TURN WESTERLY BEHIND THE TROUGH SAT NIGHT AND SUN. THEN EXPECT A TRANSITION TO A SEASONAL NORTHERLY WIND PATTERN NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES BECOMES REESTABLISHED OVER THE NE PAC. IT APPEARS THAT THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS STARTING ON TUE...WITH THIS PATTERN CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN 5 FT OR BELOW WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. PYLE && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSPORTLAND WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSPORTLAND THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man swimming along the coast near Tillamook was unable to swim to shore because of a rip current, and drowned.
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, Northern Oregon Coast | 2015-07-10 | 35 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 2015
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: 594153.