Two swimmers were caught in rip current and one drowned, while the other was rescued.
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Two swimmers were caught in rip current and one drowned, while the other was rescued.
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 10:20 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1120 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS ALREADY PRESENT AT 10 AM...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AND TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S. A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER SOMERSET/WORCHESTER COUNTIES. THEY PRODUCED SOME GUSTY WINDS NEAR 35 MPH AS THEY EXITED THE BAY AT BISHOPS HEAD. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP FOR DOWNBURSTS. OVERALL...THE FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK...SO NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE. .MARINE... ONLY MINOR CHANGES FOR UPDATE. VARIABLE LIGHT WINDS EARLY ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...OTHERWISE GENERALLY WINDS 10-15 KT ALL MARINE AREAS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 447 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006) SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SEASONABLE HEAT AND HUMIDITY HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEK. THE HIGH HEAT AND PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN FORECAST HEADLINES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CURRENTLY...IR IMAGERY SHOWS BROKEN LINE OF CU EAST OF THE DELMARVA SW THROUGH FAR SERN VA AND NERN NC...THOUGH ANY SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY IS CONFINED TO OFF THE DELMARVA COAST. THE ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE DRIVEN ALONG THE LEE SIDE SFC TROUGH AND WEAK 850-700 MB TROUGH WHERE SOME 850-700 MB QVECTOR CONVERGENCE IS NOTED. MEANWHILE...THE MAIN (ELONGATED) LINE OF CONVECTION REMAINS N OF THE REGION... EXTENDING FROM SRN NEW ENGLAND TO THE MASON/DIXON LINE W THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST REGION...AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHERE A MORE BAROCLINIC AIRMASS RESIDES TO THE N. FOR TODAY...ONCE AGAIN THE INGREDIENTS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR ANOTHER SCORCHER. VERY SIMILAR TEMPERATURE 900-800 MB TEMPERATURE PROFILE TODAY AS YDAY...THOUGH BOTH THE GFS/WRF WOULD SUGGEST A SOMEWHAT DEEPER DOWNSLOPE WIND COMPONENT AT LOW LEVELS...ESP E OF I-95... SUPPORTIVE OF MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YDAY. SO...HAVE SIDED CLOSER TO THE MAV (GFS) MOS GUIDANCE TODAY...WITH UPPER 90S/NEAR 100 ALONG THE I-95 BELT...MID 90S OVER THE ERN PIEDMONT REGION AND ERN VA/NERN NC...AND LOW-MID 90S OVER THE LOWER MD/VA ERN SHORE. GIVEN THE PREDOMINANT OFFSHORE FLOW COMPONENT...THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE REAL ESTATE TO ESCAPE FROM THE HEAT TODAY. A SOUTHERLY BEND TO THE WIND WILL ALLOW FOR SOME RELIEF ALONG THE SOUTH-FACING SHORELINES OF THE LOWER MD/VA ERN SHORE...AND AREAS N OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. ONSHORE COMPONENT IS QUITE WEAK/SHALLOW HOWEVER...SO WOULD NOT EXPECT THE TEMPS TO BE MORE THAN 5-10 F COOLER. BASED ON RECENT DEWPOINT TRENDS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...MOS GUIDANCE REMAINS A FEW DEGREES ON THE HIGH SIDE (PARTICULARLY INLAND). THEREFORE...STILL THINK HEAT INDICES IN MOST AREAS WILL NOT REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA (> 105F)...AT LEAST FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR OR TWO. WILL NEVERTHELESS ISSUE A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT REGARDING THE ELEVATED HEAT/HUMIDITY TODAY AND TOMORROW GIVEN THE INCREASED OUTDOOR EXPOSURE DURING THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD. AS FAR AS TSTM CHANCES TODAY/TONIGHT...VERY RARELY DOES THIS REGION HAVE 95-100 HEAT AND NOT SEE AT LEAST ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT. DESPITE THE RELATIVE WARMTH ALOFT...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS PER BOTH THE WRF/GFS SHOW 2500-3000 J/KG AVAILABLE CAPE WITH MID/UPR 90S TEMPS AND MID/UPR 60S DWPTS. DID NOT MAKE MANY ALTERATIONS TO THE PREVIOUS FCST. KEPT THE 30% POP OVER NRN SECTIONS...WHICH WOULD HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF AFTN/EVENING DEVELOPMENT TRIGGERED BY OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE CURRENT CONVECTION N OF THE REGION. HAVE ALSO ADDED A 30% CHANCE OVER THE SERN VA/NERN NC...BASED ON WRF/GFS SHORT TERM TRENDS...WHICH PAINT A FAVORED RIBBON OF CONVECTION IN THIS REGION ALONG/EAST OF THE LEE-SIDE TROUGH (ENHANCED BY SOME 700 MB UPWARD OMEGA...ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING FROM THE GULF STREAM WATERS S OF ILM). ELSEWHERE...FROM RICHMOND-EMPORIA AND AREAS WEST...CONTINUED WITH THE SLIGHT (20%) CHANCE. ON THE 4TH...AGAIN...VERY SIMILAR AIRMASS IN TERMS OF TEMPS IN THE LOWER LEVELS. OUTSIDE OF PERHAPS A FEW MORE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS EARLY ON...COULD NOT SEE ANY REASON TO OPT FOR TEMPS ANY LOWER THAN TODAY. HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY. DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE PRECIP FCST...WHICH AGAIN ARE MORE FAVORABLE N OF RICHMOND OR CLOSER TO THE SLOWLY-APPROACHING NRN STREAM FRONT. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VERY FEW CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FCSTS. BASED ON THE CONSISTENCY OF THE LATEST GFS/ECMWF...RAIN CHANCES WOULD BE MOST FAVORED LATE WED-INTO THU FROM NW-SE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SEWARD...WHILE ABLE TO DRAW FROM THE CONSIDERABLE THETA-E/MOISTURE AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL EXIST DURING THIS PERIOD... WILL WAIT UNTIL THE 12Z RUNS (AND HPC GUIDANCE) BEFORE MAKING CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FCST. MARINE... NO HEADLINES TDY THRU TUE NGT...WITH GENERALLY SW WNDS LESS THAN 20 KTS. AVIATION... VFR CONDS TDY INTO TUE MORNG...WITH ONLY ISLTD MVFR CONDS DUE TO SHRA OR FOG. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KIMBALL MARINE...REILLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032- 102-VAZ048-049-060>100-041000- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER- MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN- INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER- CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN- CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO CLIMB BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON... HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE COASTS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AGAIN BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THREATS WILL INCLUDE SEVERE WIND GUSTS... LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY. HURLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1025 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 MDZ023>025-VAZ099-031530- ACCOMACK VA-INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-SOMERSET MD- 1025 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF POCOMOKE CITY...OR ABOUT OVER PRINCESS ANNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WHITESBURG AT 1030 AM EDT...GOODWILL AT 1040 AM EDT...GIRDLETREE... AND SNOW HILL AT 1050 AM EDT...BOXIRON...AND...MOUNT WESLEY AT 1055 AM EDT...PUBLIC LANDING AT 1105 AM EDT. ANOTHER STORM WAS COMING INTO THE CRISFIELD AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. DR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
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, Maryland Beaches / X E Worcester | 2006-07-03 | 24 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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