1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 2:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 346 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT) CONVECTION ALONG AND AHEAD OF SFC FRONT WILL PRODUCE GOOD COVERAGE OVER AREA REST OF THIS AFTN INTO EVE AND RAISED POPS TO 70% FOR TONIGHT. SEA BREEZE WILL DIMISH THREAT FOR S COAST UNTIL LATE EVE BUT DO EXPECT AT LEAST BKN COVERAGE THERE WITH SHRT WV MOVING THRU. CAA SURGE BEHIND FRONT WILL BE FAIRLY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR LEADING TO TEMPS/DEW PTS 5-10 DEGS BELOW CLIMO FRI AND SAT. SOME LINGERING CLOUDINESS AND A SLGT CHC OF SHWRS FOR OUTER BANKS WITH NRLY FLOW FRI MORNING...OTRW HIGH AND DRY CONDITIONS AFTER TONIGHT. WENT WITH LOWER SIDE OF MOS GDNC FOR SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM (SUN-THU) DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUN-MON WITH SFC HIGH OVER AREA AND STILL ON BACK SIDE OF UPR TROF. PATTERN RETURNS TO MORE TYPCIAL SUMMER CONDITIONS REST OF PERIOD AS ANOTHER UPR TROF APPROACHES FROM W WITH ACCOMPANYING SFC BOUNDARY. WENT WITH 20 POPS TUE...THEN 30 WED-THU. && .AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS NEAR TSTMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...OTHERWISE...VFR. MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS LUKS PSBL AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN LOW CLDS BEHIND FRONT. && .MARINE...SCA CONDITIONS LUK LIKELY TMRW BEHIND FRONT IN POST FRONTAL SURGE. GOOD N FETCH MAY BLD SEAS TO 8FT N OF HAT. GIVEN WAVES AND ONSHORE WINDS...WL ISSUE HIGH RIP RISK FOR N OF HAT TMRW. SCA WINDS SHUD SUBSIDE FRI EVENING. CONDITIONS CONT TO IMPROVE SAT WITH HI PRES BLDG IN. GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS SUN-TUE WITH HIGH PRES OVERHEAD. .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NC...SEVERE TSTM WATCH 711 UNTIL 00Z ALL COUNTIES .MARINE...NONE. PUBLIC/FIRE WX...JBM MARINE/AVIATION...NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 408 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-060808- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 408 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB BETWEEN 105 AND 110 FOR MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO OCCUR INLAND. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE COAST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN ALONG THIS FRONT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAINS OR IN AREAS WHERE MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF RAINFALL MOVES THROUGH. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 337 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2004 NCZ045>047-080-081-052015- TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-WASHINGTON- 337 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WASHINGTON...MAINLAND HYDE... BEAUFORT...MAINLAND DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 337 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA TO 16 MILES WEST OF BELHAVEN...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA TO 9 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BELHAVEN AT 350 PM EDT...MANNS HARBOR AT 415 PM EDT.. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 20
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Department of Public Safety reported a rip current drowning in the ocean adjacent to the 4700 block of South Virginia Dare Trail. The individual was a vacationer from South Carolina.
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, Dare | 2004-08-05 | 26 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2004
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: 5421497.