A rip current caught two people in Myrtle Beach.
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 episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A rip current caught two people in Myrtle Beach.
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 Jul 13, 9:03 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1003 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS DEFINED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SPRAWLING BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AND PREVENTING ANY COLD FRONTS FROM REACHING THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY/... SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SNAKE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND MORE OR LESS BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF THE ILM CWA AND/OR ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. THE BEST FORCING FROM THIS SFC FEATURE AND ALSO THE BETTER INSTABILITY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LOCATED OVER THE WARM ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTIZE PCPN ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER DAYBREAK FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. LOWER DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE SFC BNDRY HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY INTO PORTIONS OF THE ILM CWA...AND CULD BE LOW OR DRY ENUF TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD FOG. USING 00Z SOUNDINGS FOR THE FOG STABILITY INDEX...PRODUCED VALUES THAT WERE NOT CONDUCIVE TO WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. HOWEVER...GIVEN N TO NE WINDS AND A SFC BASED INVERSION LIKELY TO SET UP CAUSING WINDS TO DECOUPLE...HAVE INCLUDED PATCHY OR AREAS OF FOG. THIS MAY NOT MATERIALIZE DUE TO THE MID DECK OF CLOUDINESS POSSIBLY HANGING ON A BIT LONGER THAN MODELS INDICATE. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... LOOKS LIKE AN UNSETTLED PERIOD WITH A WEAKENING BOUNDARY OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND A VERY JUICY AIRMASS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. UPPER FEATURES ARE WEAK...DIFFICULT TO TIME...AND NOT OVERLY WELL HANDLED BY THE MODELS. IT SEEMS A PRETTY SAFE BET THAT THE ENTIRE CWA WILL RECEIVE RAIN DURING THE PERIOD...BUT CANNOT PIN DOWN EXACTLY WHEN. SAT MORNING POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE SILENT TO SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE AS IT DOES TAKE A WHILE FOR THE DEEP MOISTURE TO WORK INTO THE AREA. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP SEEM TO BE SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO HANG A LIKELY POP ON ANY ONE PERIOD...SO HAVE GONE WITH HIGH CHANCE THROUGHOUT. GFS IS ADVERTISING 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR THE COAST BETWEEN 00Z SUN AND 00Z MON...AND WITH A WELL- TIMED UPPER IMPULSE THIS WOULD BE QUITE ATTAINABLE. TEMPS CLOSE TO MOS CONSENSUS...BUT STAYING JUST ON THE LOW SIDE OF MAV NUMBERS IN LIGHT OF CONTINUED WARM BIAS INLAND. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT MAINTAINING STRONG AND WELL STACKED BERMUDA RIDGING INTO THE SE STATES...WHILE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING DOMINATES THE MIDATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. THE GFS BUILDS THE RIDGE ALOFT AND SHIFTS IT FURTHER NORTH BY MIDWEEK...BUT IT WOULD MEAN LITTLE CHANGE TO SENSIBLE WEATHER AS A S-SW FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH MUGGY SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 70S AND DIURNAL CONVECTION WARRANTING CHANCE POPS. LATE IN THE WEEK A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH A POWERFUL PREFRONTAL CONVECTION EPISODE IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MID DECK OF CLOUDINESS TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. LOOKING AT MODEL TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS...THE LOW LEVELS LOOK JUST DRY ENUF ACROSS THE ILM CWA OVERNIGHT FOR THE PCPN JUST NORTH OF THE ILM CWA TO EVAPORATE B4 REACHING THE GROUND AS IT PROGRESSES TOWARD THE REGION. THIS HAS BEEN THE GENERAL TREND VIA LATEST KLTX 88-D RADAR LOOPS. HAVE INCLUDED REDUCED HORIZONTAL VSBY IN THE IFR TO MVFR RANGE...FROM FOG DURING A SHORT WINDOW MAINLY BETWEEN 08Z AND 13Z. FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND COMBINE WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TO PRODUCE A GOOD CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ON SUNDAY. FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN WILL RESUME ACROSS THE AREA WITH BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE AND THE PIEDMONT TROF AFFECTING THE AREA. DIURNALLY INDUCED CONVECTION WILL BE THE MAINSTAY THRU THIS PERIOD. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY/... SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE FEAR WILL SNAKE SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY MAKING IT TO MURRELLS INLET BY SUNRISE. BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...EXPECT A WIND DIRECTION CHANGE TO A NORTHERLY COMPONENT. SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX AFTER THE BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 KT. NO REAL GROUND SWELL TO SPEAK OF...AND AS A RESULT WILL CONTINUE WITH SEAS PRIMARILY BEING PRODUCED FROM LOCALLY WIND DRIVEN LOW PERIOD WAVES. SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... S/SW FLOW WILL PERSIST THRU THE PERIOD...PERHAPS PICKING UP TO 15-20 KT AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ON SUNDAY. PERSISTENT OPEN FETCH WILL BE ENOUGH TO BUILD SEAS TO 4-6 FT...PRETTY WELL IN LINE WITH THE LOW SIDE OF WW3 NUMBERS. NO HEADLINES AT THIS TIME SINCE THIS IS A RATHER LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST AND IT FALLS BEYOND THE FIRST THREE PERIODS. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BERMUDA HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THE PERIOD...KEEPING A SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. EARLY IN THE WEEK SEAS MAY BE NEAR 6 FT AT THE OUTER EDGE OF COASTAL WATERS...BUT WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BY MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPTIC...HOEHLER NEAR TERM...HOEHLER SHORT TERM...RAS LONG TERM...TM AVIATION...HOEHLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 504 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NCZ097-100-101-140915- PENDER-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER- 504 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE EAST FACING BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND DURING SUNDAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH AN INCH OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-140915- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- 504 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND DURING SUNDAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH AN INCH OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-140915- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 504 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND DURING SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RJD
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong rip current pulled out two people during a late night swim near 12th Ave South in Myrtle Beach. Only one survived.
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 | 2007-07-14 | 34 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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