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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 25, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1000 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON)... STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION SEEN GENERALLY ABOVE 800 MB IN MHX/CHS 12Z SOUNDINGS. BELOW THE INVERSION SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS ADVECTING INTO THE REGION IN PART TO 25-30 KNOT ONSHORE FLOW. WEAK CONVERGENCE BANDS (NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE) SEEN IN VISIBLE PICS JUST OFFSHORE WITH E-NE TRAJECTORIES MAY DIRECT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS TOWARD THE COAST DURING THE DAY. OTHERWISE CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED OR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AS WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE DEVELOPS AS A RESULTANT SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO ADJUST WINDS ALONG THE COAST...OTHERWISE THE FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. && .MARINE... OVERALL...FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON LOOKS PRETTY GOOD WITH NE WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT AND SEAS RUNNING 7 TO 10 FEET. DEPENDING ON OBSERVATIONS AN HOUR FROM NOW...MAY TWEAK THINGS A LITTLE BUT NO MAJOR REVISIONS ARE COMING THIS UPDATE. && .AVIATION... BKN STRATUS OVER FLO WILL BURN OFF AROUND 14Z. BKN SC AROUND 5000 FT WILL BECOME SCT OVER THE AREA BY 15Z. LOOK FOR SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION ON THE RESULTANT BOUNDARY STARTING AROUND 16Z. CONVECTION DIES THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL FIRE AGAIN NEAR THE COAST...PROBABLY AFTER 12Z ASSOCIATED SOMEWHAT WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF JEANNE. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...NCZ097-100-101. SC...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...SCZ034-046. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...AMZ250-252-254-256. && SHORT TERM...PFAFF MARINE...RAN AVIATION...DL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 359 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-260755- BLADEN NC-BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-DARLINGTON SC-DILLON SC- FLORENCE SC-GEORGETOWN SC-HORRY SC-MARION SC-MARLBORO SC- NEW HANOVER NC-PENDER NC-ROBESON NC-WILLIAMSBURG SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETTSVILLE...BURGAW...CONWAY... DARLINGTON...DILLON...ELIZABETHTOWN...FLORENCE...GEORGETOWN... HAMPSTEAD...HARTSVILLE...KINGSTREE...LAKE CITY...LELAND...LORIS... LUMBERTON...MARION...MULLINS...MURRELLS INLET...MYRTLE BEACH... SHALLOTTE...SOUTHPORT...TABOR CITY...WHITEVILLE AND WILMINGTON 359 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HURRICANE JEANNE CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THIS AREA EARLY SUNDAY. THE FORECAST IS FOR THE STORM TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS FLORIDA AND CURVE TO THE NORTHEAST...AFFECTING THE EASTERN CAROLINAS MAINLY ON MONDAY. ALTHOUGH THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. INTERESTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM CLOSELY. REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES ON JEANNE FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SJK/DCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong rip currents caused by the swells from Hurricane Jeanne resulted in a drowning. Five other people had to be rescued by lifeguards.
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, Georgetown | 2004-09-25 | 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, September 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: 5423721.