1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jun 26, 1:36 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 236 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A TROUGH/CONVERGENCE LINE EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE LOW MOVING OFF THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS. THIS BOUNDARY MERGED WITH THE SEABREEZE WEST OF WILMINGTON TO JUST SOUTH OF FLORENCE AND HAS LAID DOWN A SWATH OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES. OTHERWISE CONVECTION HAS REMAINED IN THE WIDELY SCATTERED CATEGORY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND AS THE TROUGH DRIFTS OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE IMPETUS FOR CONVECTION SHOULD END. WITH LIGHT SURFACE WINDS AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING UNDERNEATH CLEAR AND DRY MID AND UPPER LEVELS...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD DEVELOP TONIGHT. DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ENHANCED IN AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TODAY. STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL WHICH MODE (LOW CLOUDS VS. DENSE FOG) WILL BE FAVORED. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL SEE LESS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION AS THE DAILY SEABREEZE WILL BE THE ONLY BOUNDARY WORKING ON A SLIGHTLY MORE CAPPED AIRMASS. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH HOWEVER... CONTINUING SIGNIFICANT THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY THROUGH THE PERIOD. PREVIOUS TREND OF MAINLY DIURNAL 30-40 POPS LOOKS GOOD. TEMPERATURES LOOK A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS DUE TO INCREASED PREVALENCE OF DAYTIME CUMULUS GIVEN FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH THE NAM AND GFS. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... SOUTHERLY FLOW BENDS AROUND MORE SW BY THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING A FEW DEGREES...BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S INLAND. CHANCES FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. LATEST CONSENSUS THINKING ON THE POTENTIAL FOR A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS WEEKEND INDICATE THE BOUNDARY SHOULD STALL JUST TO OUR NORTH SATURDAY...KEEPING US IN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... AXIS OF TROF APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED INLAND BASED ON LATEST MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS...RETURNS ON KLTX 88D...AND WIND DIRECTION/PRESSURE REPORTS FROM COASTAL METARS. ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED RESIDUAL SWELLS STILL EXIST. KEEPING SCA IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING WHICH WILL REQUIRE USE OF PRE-FIRST PERIOD. BERMUDA HIGH WILL START TO BUILD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD RESULTING IN LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WATERS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SEAS FALLING TO 2 TO 4 FT. FRIDAY GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN SOMEWHAT WITH WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING SLIGHTLY. NORTHERN WATERS MAY SEE MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL OCCUR...BOTH WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND JUST AIR MASS ACTIVITY WITH LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS STORMS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT BEFORE 23Z. LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW AND GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BRING FOG INTO THE PICTURE FOR THE EARLY MORNING AGAIN. COULD GET IFR STRATUS WITH COASTAL TERMINALS. ETA HAS IFR CEILINGS FOR ALL TERMINALS SO FLO MAY NEED ADJUSTING ON NEXT SET OF TAFS. MONDAY WILL SEE ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION BY MIDDAY/AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED SOUTHEAST FLOW. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO S SANTEE RIVER UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. SHORT TERM & LONG TERM...TRA AVIATION...HDL @ ILM MARINE...03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 521 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034- 039-046-271000- COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER- MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG- GEORGETOWN- 521 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR EAST FACING BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO EAST BALD HEAD ISLAND... PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE EAST FACING BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. RJD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 636 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 NCZ097-270030- PENDER- 636 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005 ...TEXT... THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PENDER COUNTY ARE MOSTLY STATIONARY WITH A SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM LYON SWAMP CANAL ACROSS BURGAW TO SHAKEN CREEK. EVERYWHERE NORTH OF THIS LINE MAY HAVE UP TO ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE AND DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS. 49
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong rip currents took the lives of two people at Myrtle Beach State Park.
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 | 2005-06-26 | 33 | In Water | Direct | |
| Rip Current, Horry | 2005-06-26 | 30 | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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: 5455513.