Rip currents along the western Florida Panhandle resulted in one death and several injuries.
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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.
Rip currents along the western Florida Panhandle resulted in one death and several injuries.
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 19, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 1254 PM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018 .DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION... 19/18Z issuance...VFR conditions are expected to prevail across the region through the forecast period. Broken mid and high level clouds through most of the period, with a few scattered low level cumulus this afternoon. Very isolated SHRA/TSRA may develop around portions of the area late this afternoon, but coverage will be limited and confidence remains low enough to preclude mention in the local TAFs. Light winds are generally expected through the period, but winds may pick up to around 10 knots from the south to southwest near the coast this afternoon. 12/DS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 643 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018/ DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below. AVIATION... 12Z issuance...VFR conditions are expected to prevail across the region today with scattered to broken mid and high level clouds, and a few cumulus. Isolated SHRA/TSRA may develop around portions of the area this afternoon but coverage will be limited and confidence remains low enough to preclude mention in the local TAFs. Light winds are generally expected through the period, but winds may pick up to around 10 knots from the south to southwest near the coast this afternoon. /21 PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 439 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018/ NEAR TERM /Now Through Tuesday night/...A mid level ridge of high pressure will remain positioned over much of AL, GA, and FL today. Weak surface ridging is expected to extend from southeast LA and northward through much of MS and into western TN today, while a weak surface trough axis meanwhile stretches southwestward from the Carolinas to the central Gulf Coast. A moist airmass will remain in place across our forecast area today underneath the mid level ridge, with precipitable water values ranging from 1.8" over our eastern CWA to as high as 2.0" to 2.1" over southeast MS. The combination of the moist airmass, plentiful instability, and weak convergence along the surface trough axis/seabreeze should result in the development of a few showers and thunderstorms today. The coverage will be limited due to the ridge aloft over the central and eastern zones, but may be locally scattered over portions of southeast MS where moisture will be deeper on the western periphery of the ridge. The combination of the ridge aloft and enhanced low level thermal ridging along the surface trough axis should allow for high temperatures in the lower to mid 90s over much of the region. Maximum heat indices should reach the upper 90s to around 103. Convection should be diminished by early evening and will keep POPs below mentionable levels after 7 PM. Another seasonably warm and humid night can otherwise be expected. /21 SHORT TERM /Wednesday Through Thursday night/...An upper ridge over the area gradually weakens and shifts southward as and upper trough develops across the plains. Shortwaves ejecting out of the upper trough and moving eastward around the northern edge of the upper ridge will bring increasing chances for rain by Thursday. The passing upper waves will combine with plenty of deep layer moisture and daytime heating to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms back into the forecast by Thursday afternoon. Heat index values will top out in the 100-104 range in most areas each afternoon. /13 LONG TERM /Friday Through Monday/...A broad upper trough will remain over the southeast on Friday as the plains system lifts out. This will maintain the chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms. The trough lifts out on Saturday with upper ridging building back over the area through Monday. This will return the area to a more typical isolated to low-end scattered diurnal pop pattern. Highs will remain in the low 90s with heat index values in the 100-105 range each day. /13 MARINE...Weak surface ridging will extend across the eastern and northern Gulf of Mexico through early next week. This pattern will result in a general light to moderate onshore flow through Monday. /21 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. FL...None. MS...None. GM...None. && This product is also available on the web at: http://weather.gov/mob
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 615 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018 ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-201115- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 615 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201115- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Coastal- 615 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. There is a moderate risk of rip currents along area beaches today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A moderate risk of rip currents will continue along area beaches through the remainder of the week. Otherwise, the probability for hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-201115- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM-Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 615 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for hazardous weather is low.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Six people were caught in a rip current off of Pensacola Beach, FL around 330pm. A 56 year old man from Texas died and five others were taken to local hospitals.
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, Escambia Coastal | 2018-06-19 | 56 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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