Name: Rip Current in North Carolina, September 22, 2006
Start: 2006-09-22T11:30
End: 2006-09-22T11:30
Location: North Carolina

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 Sep 22, 8:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 8:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
953 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...HIGH PRES AT THE SFC AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. SKIES
WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS
FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARDS EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL BE PLEASANT
WITH MID AND UPPER 70S AREAWIDE. FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO
UPDATE PLANNED THIS MORNING.

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED TO BROKEN CIRRUS ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING. EXPECT A FEW CUMULUS TO POP UP DURING THE HEAT OF THE
AFTERNOON AS WELL. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THRU THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

&&

.MARINE...NO PLANNING ANY CHGS TO CURRENT MARINE FCST. SWELL
CONTINUES TO DOMINATE DESPITE LIGHT WINDS. DIAMOND BUOY STILL AT
7FT/14SEC AND NEW RIVER INLET 4 FT/15 SEC. THESE VALUE NECESSITATE
CONTINUATION OF SCA ALONG THE OREGON INLET TO OCRACOKE LEG FOR
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.

MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ152-154.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT
     SATURDAY FOR AMZ150-156-158.

&&

SHORT TERM...WINGENROTH
LONG TERM...WINGENROTH
AVIATION...COLLINS
MARINE...COLLINS

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 2:50 AM EST, 8 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

AMZ130-135-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-230800-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-
MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-
CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-098-103-104-230800-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BUILDING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE HELENE WILL
RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AMZ150-152-154-156-158-230800-
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-
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BUILDING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE HELENE WILL
RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEAS
WILL BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MEAN INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS
AGAIN FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND
SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Eastern Dare

When: September 22, 11:30 AM EST
Where: Eastern Dare forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Rip current death occurred near Rodanthe.

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, Eastern Dare	2006-09-22	32	Female	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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, September 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: 5531827.