Rip Current, Eastern Dare
- When
- July 1, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Dare forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
A man drowned in a rip current off Hatteras Village.
Rip Current in North Carolina, July 1, 2007
A man drowned in a rip current while swimming off Hatteras Island.
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 happened
The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
A man drowned in a rip current while swimming off Hatteras Island.
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 1, 8:47 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:47 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 947 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE S OF THE REGION TODAY. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE N MON THEN SHIFT OFFSHORE TUE THROUGH THU. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW FRI AND MOVE INTO THE REGION SAT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... WINDS NOW N/NE ALL AREAS THIS MORNING. DEWPTS STILL RATHER HIGH...HOWEVER BEGINNING TO LOWER TO THE N AND W. BASED ON 06Z MDLS AND CURRENT TRENDS DROPPED POPS NRN 2/3RDS OF CWA WHERE DRIER LOW LVL AIR SHLD WORK IN NEXT SVRL HOURS. KEPT LOW POPS SRN TIER AS MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR DEWPTS TO LOWER AND WITH HEATING MAY SEE ENOUGH INSTAB FOR SOME CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/... DRIER AIR CONTS FILTERS INTO RGN WITH SCT CLDS THIS EVE AND NIL POPS. TEMPS LWR INTO THE LOWER 60S WELL INLAND TO AROUND 70 CSTL SXNS OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRES RMNS IN CONTROL WITH LGT TO MDT NE SFC FLOW. NICE DAY ON TAP FOR MON WITH SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE LWR 80S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO CONT THROUGH MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRES SLIDES OFFSHORE. TEMPS WILL REMAIN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL EARLY...THEN CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S BY WED INLAND AS LOW LVL FLOW BECOMES SRLY. NEXT CHC OF PRECIP LOOKS TO BE FRI INTO SAT AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW AND DROPS INTO THE REGION BY SAT. TYPICAL SUMMER HEAT LATE IN THE WEEK AS SRLY FLOW CONTS...MAY COOL A BIT BY THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION WITH INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND POSS CONVECTION. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LIGHT N WINDS EXISTS ACROSS AREA TERMINALS THIS MORNING. TRUE FRONT APPEARS TO BE JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TERMINALS WHERE AIRMASS CHANGE OCCURS WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS. BKN STCU WITH LCL IFR CONDITIONS EARLIER HAVE NOW LIFTED TO THE MVFR RANGE. WILL SEE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS OVER SOUTHERN TWEB ROUTE AND SOUTHERN TERMINALS FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS THEN EXPECT VFR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME SHRA DEVELOPING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF THIS IN FOR MAINLY SOUTHERN TERMINALS. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT N-NE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... LIGHT N-NE WINDS PREVAIL OVER AREA WATERS THIS MORNING WITH SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. CURRENT MARINE GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO CHANGES PLANNED THIS UPDATE. WILL SEE NE WINDS INCREASING A BIT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS A BIT MORE. EXPECT NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 4 FT WITH SOME 2 FOOTERS NEAR SHORE OVER FAR SOUTHERN WATERS. .RIP CURRENTS...COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND SOME LONG PERIOD SWELL COMPONENT...LEADS TO A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. ON THE SOUTHERN WATERS...OFFSHORE FLOW COMPONENT KEEPS THE RIP THREAT LOW. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RF NEAR TERM...RF SHORT TERM...JAC LONG TERM...CTC AVIATION...JW MARINE...JW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 8:17 AM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 917 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 NCZ095-103-104-021330- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 917 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-021330- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- 917 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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, Eastern Dare | 2007-07-01 | 49 | 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
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- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2007
- Drought in Wisconsin, July 1 to 31, 2007
More
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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: 38327.