Three people got caught in a rip current at Kure 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.
Three people got caught in a rip current at Kure 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 Jun 6, 1:48 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 248 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE COASTAL CAROLINAS WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFFSHORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL RIDGE BACK ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL DROP FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TUESDAY AND STALL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 9 AM SATURDAY...ATTM THE SFC FRONTAL BNDRY HAS DRIFTED TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. LITTLE PUSH LEFT FOR IT TO TRACK FURTHER EASTWARD UNLESS THE UPPER LOW OR OPEN S/W ACROSS NRTHRN FLORIDA SUDDENLY MOVES EASTWARD. LATEST NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITHIN THE ATM PROFILE AND AVBL FOR CONVECTION...IE PWS GREATER THAN 1.75 INCHES. SFC CONVERGENCE IN THE FORM OF THE STALLED FRONT ITSELF AND THE RESULTANT/SEA BREEZE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE STALLED FRONTAL BNDRY COULD RESULT IN PULSE TYPE NON-SEVERE CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...THE SOUNDINGS BECOME MORE STABLE AS THE AFTN WEARS ON. IN ALL...20-30 PERCENT FOR POPS EXCEPT SLITELY HIER ACROSS SOUTHERNMOST ZONES DUE TO CLOSENESS TO THE FRONT AND SOMEWHAT MORE UNSTABLE ATM. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3PM SAT... FAIRLY EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER SHOULD LINGER INTO SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT QUITE TO THE EXTENT OF THIS SAT AFTERNOON. WEAKENING SFC BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AS ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH SPINS OVER FL. BREAKS OF SUN IN THE AFTERNOON OVER FAR N AND W ZONES WILL ADD A FEW DEG TO HIGHS...MID TO UPPER 80S POSSIBLE BUT THE CLOUDY COAST WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO 80. NOT MUCH FORCING FOR PRECIP SAVE FOR THE VORT MAX OVER FAR SRN ZONES. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS COULD LEAD TO INSTABILITY SHOWERS/STORMS OVER AFOREMENTIONED NWRN ZONES AS WELL. OVERALL EXPECT NO MORE THAN 20-30 PERCENT COVERAGE HIGHEST SOUTH. SFC FRONT WASHES OUT BY MON AND UPPER SYSTEM VERY WEAK BUT NOT GONE. OVERALL IMPETUS FOR DRYING IS NEARLY NIL SO UPPED CLOUD COVER FCST TO UPPER RANGES OF PCLDY. SHOULD BE ENOUGH BREAKS THOUGH FOR A GOOD CATEGORY WORTH OF HEATING FROM SUNDAYS HIGHS. SEA BREEZE SHOULD HAVE PRETTY LOW LCL HEIGHTS TO WORK WITH AND SHOULD WARRANT LOW END CHC POPS. COULD SEE A SECONDARY MAX (IF 30 POPS CAN BE CONSIDERED A MAX) OVER FAR WRN ZONES SHOULD LOTS OF SUN BREAK OUT AND CREATE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY/PIEDMONT TROUGHINESS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 3 PM SATURDAY...BREAK DOWN OF UPPER RIDGE IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE BY TUE WITH ZONAL PATTERN IN PLACE THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES WILL CROSS THE AREA AND EACH WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENHANCE ANY STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE OR PIEDMONT TROF...IF THE TIMING IS RIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL WELL NORTHWEST OF THE AREA WED AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH FRI. PREVIOUS GFS AND 00Z ECMWF HAVE A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROF CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY THU NIGHT WHICH PUSHES THE FRONT SOUTH AND INTO THE CAROLINAS FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. 12Z GFS IS NOW SHOWING A WEAKER 5H FEATURE WITH NO UPPER TROFFING IN ITS WAKE. THE FRONT STILL DOES DROP INTO THE CAROLINAS BUT DISSIPATING AS IT ARRIVES SAT MORNING. MINIMAL CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. DIURNAL POPS FOCUSED ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND THE PIEDMONT TROF EACH AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 3 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO BY DAY AND 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO OVERNIGHT. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS NEARLY BECOME STATIONARY JUST OFF THE NC AND SC COASTS. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE TERMINALS...AFFECTING FLO AND LBT MORE-SO INITIALLY...THEN THE COASTAL TERMINALS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD IFR AT ALL TERMINALS WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR CEILINGS AT ALL SITES...AND AT LEAST VFR AT FLO/LBT DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL TERMINALS WILL HAVE TEMPO MVFR/VFR AND WILL NEED LONGER FOR IMPROVEMENTS DUE TO THEIR CLOSER LOCATION TO THE STALLED BOUNDARY AND ITS ASSOCIATED CLOUDINESS AND PCPN DEVELOPMENTS. MODEL MOS GUIDANCE INDICATING MVFR CEILINGS TO RE-DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ATTM...STRATUS IFR CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE THE PROBLEM AS OPPOSED TO REDUCED SFC BASED VISIBILITY FROM FOG. HOWEVER...CLIMO STATES THAT THIS IS 1 OF THOSE INSTANCES SUPPORTIVE OF BR AND POSSIBLY FG IN ADDITION TO THE LOW STRATUS. EXTENDED OUTLOOK THROUGH TUESDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 9 AM SATURDAY...THE WATERS HAVE FINALLY SUCCUMBED TO THE NE WINDS...WHICH ARE RUNNING 10 TO OCCASIONALLY 15 KT. THIS WILL RULE THIS AFTERNOONS FORECAST. SEAS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE...WITH SEAS BASICALLY AROUND 4 FT THRUOUT THE WATERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. MAY GET SPECIFIC WITH THE SEAS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION AND DOMINANT SEAS BEING FROM THE SE AT 7-8 SECOND PERIODS. BASICALLY THEY WILL CONTINUE ONE STEP UP FROM WIND DRIVEN WAVES. SHORT TERM/SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3PM SAT... HIGHLIGHT OF THE RELATIVELY INACTIVE PD PROBABLY THE WASHING OUT OF THE FRONT STALLED WELL TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL ALLOW NE TO E WINDS TO VEER TO THE SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND SEEDS VERY LIGHT THROUGH THE VEERING PROCESS. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE PD. WIND WAVES WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 FT THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM...WITH A FEW LEFTOVER 4 FOOTERS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY NEAR THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE 20NM FCST AREA. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 3 PM SATURDAY...ILL DEFINED GRADIENT ON TUE WILL BECOME MORE DEFINED LATE WED INTO THU AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP ON THU AND SPEEDS MAY REACH 20 KT LATE. INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS COMBINED WITH PROLONGED SOUTHWEST FLOW COULD PUSH SEAS TO NEAR 5 FT BY THU EVENING. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MBB NEAR TERM...DRH SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...III AVIATION...DCH/MRR MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 507 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-070915- PENDER-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-HORRY-GEORGETOWN- 507 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-070915- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG- 507 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ254-256-070915- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 507 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-070915- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- 507 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
An Ohio woman vacationing at Kure Beach died on June 8th after being pulled from a rip current on June 6th. Her husband and son also were caught in the rip current, and the husband had to be hospitalized. The 16 year old boy was ok.
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, New Hanover | 2009-06-08 | 45 | Female | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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