Rip Current, Carteret
- When
- July 24, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Carteret forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Vacationer from Virginia drowned due to a rip current at Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Rip Current in North Carolina, July 24, 2006
1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 24, 9:17 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 9:17 AM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1017 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/...MJRTY OF PCPN HAS MVD OFFSHR. FRNT IS ALSO OFFSHR WI N AND NE FLO OVR CWA. FOG AND ST BEING REPRTD IN SRN HALF OF CWA. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A HINT OF A SFC WV FRMG OFF THE SC CST. THIS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MDLS AND WL HELP BRING THE FRNT BCK N TDY. POPS WL INCRS FRM S TO N AS FRNT MVS N. 06Z GFS BRINGS IT N OF CWA LTR TNGT. HWVR LATEST RUC KPS IT FRTHR S THAN GFS TIL AT LEAST SS. WL KP TREND IN GRIDS AS IS. WL PIDDLE WI SKY AND TEMP TO MATCH CURRNT TREND. OTHRWS NO CHCS XPCTD. && .AVIATION...CURRENTLY HAVE MVFR CIGS OVER THE TERMINALS BUT EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS TO VFR IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON AS FRONT TO THE SOUTH TRIES TO LIFT NORTH. WITH FRONT IN THE AREA EXPECT SCT SHRA/TS TO DEVELOP DURING PEAK HEATING. && .MARINE...NO UPDATE NEEDED THIS MORNING AS MARINE GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AOB 12 KT WILL VEER TO THE EAST OVER THE NORTH AND SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS LIFTING NORTH. SEAS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 FT. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && CGG/JW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:46 AM EST, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 346 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098- 103-104-250800- ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND- S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM- S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM- S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM- S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-MARTIN-PITT- WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE- DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 346 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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, Carteret | 2006-07-24 | 33 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 24, 2006
- Rip Current in Florida, July 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 24, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, July 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 24, 2006
- Dust Devil in Alabama, July 24, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, July 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Montana, July 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 24 to 25, 2006
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2006
Sources
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: 5511646.