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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 310 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NC EXTENDING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT ANY CONVECTION TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THROUGH THE EVENING THOUGH WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY COULD MAKE IT INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. RELATIVELY WEAK SUBTROPICAL FLOW FROM ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT HARD TO TIME IMPULSES THIS GENERAL DIRECTION. HAVE HAD LOW CONFIDENCE WITH SEVERAL OF THE MODEL PARAMETERS INCLUDING THE UVV FIELDS WHICH HAVE BEEN LESS THAN CONSISTENT. AT ANY RATE FEEL THAT GOOD CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING GIVEN THE HIGH THETA-E VALUES RIDGING ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SURFACE CONVERGENCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INLAND TROUGH. STILL QUESTION REMAINS AS TO WHERE/IF A FRONTAL WAVE CAN DEVELOP AND AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS IT WILL PRIMARILY BE A FACTOR NW AND N OF HERE. CURRENT SPC DAY 2 SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PLACES A GOOD PORTION OF THE ILM COUNTY WARNING AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. THE CORE OF THE HIGHER THETA-E VALUES WILL TRANSLATE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING BUT STILL SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE WITH AN APPROACHING FRONT TO FURTHER CARRY CHANCE POPS THROUGH SATURDAY. FAVOR A BLEND OF FWC/MAV NUMBERS FOR THE MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH A BULK OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND WEAKEN...WHILE THE LARGE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA FINALLY BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN. PLAN ON KEEPING A SPREAD OF POPS IN PLACE FOR THE HARD TO PINPOINT IMPULSES EXCEPT FOR WED AND THU (ONLY LOW POPS SOUTHERN ZONES THU). HAVE NOT STRAYED TOO FAR FROM ENSEMBLE MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES. && .MARINE... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED NORTH OF THE AREA WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT...WITH GENERALLY A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS BECOME SW AND BEGIN TO INCREASE FRIDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS UP THE APPALACHIANS. THE STRONGEST WINDS APPEAR TO OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET SETS UP ACROSS THE WATERS. ETA BUFKIT SHOWS 40 KT WINDS AT JUST OVER 1K FEET FRIDAY NIGHT OVER FRYING PAN SHOALS...AND THIS SHOULD EASILY ALLOW SURFACE WINDS TO REACH A SOLID 20 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE...AND SHOULD REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA EVERYWHERE BUT THE FAR SOUTHERN WATERS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE GFS SHOWS ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE FORMING ALONG THE APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY...BUT HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION AND HAVE ADJUSTED THE GFS WINDS DOWN AS A RESULT. A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF NORTHERLY WINDS BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY BRINGING WINDS BACK TO THE SE. APPEARS THAT ANOTHER FRONT WILL AFFECT THE WATERS ON TUESDAY. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. PUBLIC: PFAFF MARINE: JAQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 303 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-251005- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 303 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ILM LEBO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A long shore current evolved into a rip current and was responsible for two deaths. The first occurred around 615 pm near 24th Avenue North, and the other occurred later that evening (8 pm) around 18th Avenue North.
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, Horry | 2004-06-22 | 36 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Horry | 2004-06-22 | 44 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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: 5409735.