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 Jun 22, 9:20 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1020 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON)...EARLIER FCST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACKI. SFC FRONT GETTING ORGANIZED IN WESTERN NC THIS MORNING AS SEEN IN WIND SHIFT LINE CLT-GSO-DAN. FOR EARN NC...XPCT AFTERNOON CU CLOUDS TO DEVELOP BUT THINK SKIES WILL REAMIN MO SUNNY. POPS IN FCST MAINLY FOR EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT AND THIS STILL LOOKS OK. NO NEED TO UPDATE FCST ATTM. && .LONG TERM (THU NIGHT-TUE FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION)...BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GFS AND NAM THU NIGHT AND FRI WITH GFS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT RH BELOW H85 WHEREAS NAM IS SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER. NAM HAS SFC HIGH CENTERED TO OUR NE OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA WHILE THE GFS SHOWS A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING AND THEN A SFC LOW DEVELOPS WELL E OF THE NC COAST THEN LIFTS IT NE. THE NAM LOOKS MORE REALISTIC. HPC HAS A COASTAL TROUGH TO OUR S ON SAT THEN LIFTS IT NEAR THE NC COAST. OUR CURRENT GRIDS HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE S COASTAL AREA FOR FRI NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE IT AT THIS POINT BUT WE MAY HAVE TO RAISE POPS IF HPCS THINKING UNFOLDS. MAINLY DIURNAL SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY MON AND TUE. && .AVIATION...CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S SHOULD ALLOW SCT CU DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS DIURNAL HEATING CRANKS UP...ESPECIALLY ALONG SURFACE TROF IN EASTERN NC. A WEAK FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIAN MTNS WILL ADVECT SE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING BRINGING WITH IT BKN-OVC STRATOCUMULUS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PRIMARY FORECAST PROBLEM TIMING/EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER ADVECTING IN FROM WV/VA AND WHETHER OR NOT CONVECTION DEVELOPS. && .MARINE...LATEST OBS SHOW 2 FOOT SEAS AT DUCK AND 3 FEET AT DIAMOND BUOY. WINDS ARE WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 KNOTS. EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS TO COME UP A BIT THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT. CURRENT MARINE ZONES HAVE THIS HANDLED WELL. NO CHANGES NEEDED THIS MORNING. .RIP CURRENTS...CONTINUE MODERATE THREAT ALL AREAS TODAY. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. BV/HSA/TK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 404 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 NCZ095-098-104-230815- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 404 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. TOWARD EVENING THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TOWARD EVENING. AMZ130-135-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-103-230815- ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL- MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES- CRAVEN-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE- 404 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. TOWARD EVENING THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TOWARD EVENING. 12
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
An Illinois man was drowned in a rip current on a Nags Head beach. The man was pulled from the water by lifeguards, and pronounced dead later in the afternoon at an area hospital.
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 | 2005-06-22 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2005
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: 5456577.