High Surf, Coastal St. Johns
- When
- July 31, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal St. Johns forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Lifeguard
A 22 year old male drowned due to surf, not rip currents.
High Surf in Florida, July 31, 2019
A male died due to hazardous surf conditions. Determined not a rip current fatality.
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 JAX wrote it up.
A male died due to hazardous surf conditions. Determined not a rip current fatality.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 6:57 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:57 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 757 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019 .UPDATE...Afternoon convection over southern parts of interior ne Fl has decreased along with instability this evening. Expect isolated activity to end before midnight. Temperatures tonight will fall into the upper 60s over inland areas...to the mid 70s at the coast. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions to prevail tonight with scattered high clouds overnight. Fog chances are low and have only included MVFR VSBYS at VQQ 07z-11z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 69 95 73 96 / 0 20 20 50 SSI 76 87 76 91 / 0 0 10 20 JAX 70 93 74 93 / 0 20 10 20 SGJ 74 88 74 89 / 10 20 10 20 GNV 72 94 72 93 / 10 60 30 30 OCF 72 94 73 91 / 20 60 30 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AM...None. && Zibura/Peterson/Corless
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, Coastal St. Johns | 2019-07-31 | 22 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 848847.