1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 Jul 18, 1:00 AM EST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 200 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 .SHORT TERM... LARGE AREA OF RW/TSTMS TO OUR W ASSOC WITH SHRT WV ON FRONT SIDE OF LNG WV TROF SHUD CONT TO MV E EARLY THIS MORN. WL CONT LIKELY POPS THIS MORNING. WL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON RAINFALL AMNTS WITH SLOW MVG HEAVY RAIN CELLS. WITH LNG WV TROF AXIS TO OUR W...THINK ANOTHER SHRT WV MAY MV AROUND BASE OF TROF AND EVENTUALLY ACRS OUR AREA LATER TODAY...THUS PREFER TO KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING UNTIL THIS EVENING THEN GRADAULLY TAPERING POPS OFF FROM W TO E AROUND MIDNIGHT. TEMPS A FEW DEGREES COOLER TODAY WITH CLDS AND PCPN THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SHUD SEE TEMPS QUICKLY WARM LATER TODAY ONCE THE LARGER AREA OF RAIN BREAKS. SOME DRIER AIR PROGD BY MDLS TO MV ACRS THE AREA TNGT AS SHRT WV MVS AWAY AND SFC TROF MVS TO THE COAST. FOR MON...LNG WV TROF AXIS STILL TO OUR W AND SFC TROF REESTABLISHES TO OUR W. WITH BEST JET ENERGY AND SIGNIF FORCING TO OUR E...WL GO BACK TO SLT CHNC DIURNAL POPS AND VERY WARM TEMPS. && .LONG TERM... THRU THE UPCOMING WEEK...LNG WV TROF WL SLOWLY DRIFT E AND WEAKEN AND SFC TROF SHUD REMAIN MOSTLY TO OUR W. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WL FEATURE SLT-CHNC RANGE MOSTLY-DIURNAL POPS AND HIGH TEMPS ARND 90. && .MARINE...AS SFC LOW PRES OVER NRN GA RIDES ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO VA...SW FLOW TO CONTINUE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE ETA WIND FIELDS AND AS A CONSEQUENCE HAVE ONCE AGAIN TONED DOWN REGIONAL WAVEWATCH NUMBERS. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN AOB 15 KT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...WITH SOME VERY NICE BOATING CONDITIONS FOR THE EARLY THRU MID PART OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES SETTLES EAST. FOR SEAS...WILL HAVE GENERALLY HAVE 4 TO 5 FEET ACROSS THE CSTL WATERS TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE TO THE 3 TO 4 FOOT RANGE FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WILL HAVE MODERATE FOR SOUTH-FACING BEACHES DUE TO A SOUTHERLY SWELL...WHILE CONTINUE LOW THREAT OVER NRN BEACHES. && .AVIATION...ANTICIPATE MVFR WITH OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/TSTMS THRU THE MORNING HOURS. .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 251 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-190700- 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 251 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Rip Currents were prevalent along the south facing beaches in Eastern North Carolina with many rescues on this day. One young woman drowned during the afternoon hours.
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, Carteret | 2004-07-18 | Female | Ball Field | 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, July 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: 5413216.