A rip current pulled a boy out to sea in Myrtle Beach.
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A rip current pulled a boy out to sea 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 19, 6:37 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 737 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL SHIFT WESTWARD AND REMAIN ALONG THE COAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS FRONT WILL DISSIPATE BY WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT WILL GIVE WAY TO A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 715 PM SATURDAY...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES BASICALLY A SOLID OVERCAST ACROSS THE ILM CWA ESSENTIALLY THE BI- STATE REGION. WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING/EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTHEAST...AT THE SAME TIME...AN INVERTED COASTAL TROF OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS PARALLEL TO THE CAROLINA COASTLINES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. ESSENTIALLY EAST OF THE COASTAL TROF ACROSS THE AREA WATERS YOU WILL FIND SUMMER TIME WX CONDITIONS IE. WARM AND MOSTLY CLEAR. WEST OF THE COASTAL TROF AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE BI-STATE REGION...THE FA WILL REMAIN UNDER MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUD DECK. OCCASIONALLY...A LOW LEVEL CLOUD DECK WILL DEVELOP FROM ANY LIGHT PCPN. HAVE BASICALLY KEPT POP CHANCES LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. DO NOT EXPECT ANY CONVECTION WITH LIGHTNING...JUST LIGHT SHRA OR DRIZZLE THAT WILL ONLY ADD UP TO A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT BEST. WITH A SOLID MID-UPPER OVERCAST...DO NOT EXPECT TO OBSERVE ANY LARGE DIURNAL TEMP FLUCTUATIONS. JUST TWEAKED THE CURRENT MIN FORECAST TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RELATIVELY LOW DEWPOINTS INLAND THAT SHOULD SOMEWHAT RECOVER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.............................................. AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...A PATTERN THAT IS MORE TYPICAL IN FALL/WINTER THAN SUMMER IS EVOLVING ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS TODAY. LARGE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVERHEAD...WITH ITS AXIS ANCHORED WEST OF THE CAROLINAS. THIS KEEPS HEIGHTS RELATIVELY HIGHER ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THAN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST...AND DRIVES WARM/MOIST SW FLOW INTO THE REGION. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE...AT THE SURFACE...WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH IS ALSO QUITE ATYPICAL FOR JULY...IS EXTENDING DOWN THE EAST COAST FROM A HIGH CENTER OVER NEW ENGLAND. THIS SURFACE WEDGE IS DRIVING COOL NE FLOW IN THE LOWEST FEW KM OF THE COLUMN...WHICH COMBINED WITH THE SW WINDS ABOVE...IS CREATING WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST. MUCH OF THIS LIFT IS WEAK AND ELEVATED...ALONG THE 305K AND 310K SURFACES...AND IS THEREFORE STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME THE DRY AIR PRESENT WITHIN THE LOWEST THIRD OF THE COLUMN. SOME LIGHT PRECIP HAS BEEN ONGOING WEST OF THE CWA ALL MORNING...AND ALTHOUGH LIFT REMAINS WEAK...EXPECT ENOUGH SATURATION TO OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT THAT ISO RW- HAS BEEN EXPANDED SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVE AND TONIGHT. QPF WILL BE QUITE LIMITED AND DO NOT EXPECT ALL PLACES TO SEE RAIN...BUT PRECIP SHOULD EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE TRICKY SINCE COOL NE FLOW WILL CONTINUE...BUT CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTENSIVE. THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MET (WARMER) AND MAV NUMBERS...AND WILL LEAN MORE ON THE MAV WHICH HAS DONE BETTER IN THIS REGIME...WITH SOME ADJUSTMENT TOWARDS THE WARMER GUIDANCE. THIS GIVES LOWS IN THE MID 60S WELL INLAND...AROUND 70 AT THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SATURDAY...THE HIGH PRESSURE WEDGE THAT HAD BEEN CONTROLLING THE WEATHER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL GIVE WAY ON SUNDAY AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT OVER THE REGION AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE. WITH THE OLD BOUNDARY IN THE AREA INCREASE MOISTURE RETURNING...PRECIPITABLE WATERS INCREASE TO 2 INCHES...CAN EXPECT THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ON MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION WILL BE OVER INLAND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ON SUNDAY AND THEN OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT THROUGH THE COLUMN SO ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL BECAUSE OF THE WEAK STORM MOTION. WITH CLOUD COVER BUT RETURN WARM AIR EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S AND THE MIDDLE 80S ON MONDAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...A STALLED FRONT WILL BE SITUATED ALONG THE COAST ON TUE. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO WASH OUT TUE NIGHT INTO WED. ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA ON WED AND LINK UP WITH AN EXPANSIVE RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO THU. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO CARVE OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD FRI AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TOP THE RIDGE TO OUR WEST. AS THIS TROUGH AMPLIFIES...IT SHOULD HELP TO SUPPRESS THE RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT INTO AND ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTH AND SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY FRI AND SAT. THIS SCENARIO SHOULD ALLOW HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO BUILD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE DAYS WILL LIKELY BE WED AND THU WHEN TEMPS IN THE 90S WILL COMBINE WITH THE HUMIDITY TO MAKE IT FEEL AS IF IT WERE 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVE. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE TUE WITH THE DECAYING FRONT AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD AS A COLD FRONT GAINS PROXIMITY. HOWEVER...THE PIEDMONT TROUGH AND SEA-BREEZE FRONT WILL ACT TO FOCUS MOISTURE AND SO CAN NOT RULE OUT AFTERNOON AND EVE CONVECTION DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 00Z...PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT RIDES OVER COOL SFC HIGH PRESSURE...CERTAINLY AN UNUSUAL PATTERN FOR JULY. EXPECT VFR TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY. BIGGEST CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WAS BACKING OFF IFR AT KFLO/KLBT. DEWPOINTS INLAND ARE IN THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S...AND FCST SOUNDINGS DEPICT A LOT OF DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR INLAND THAT SHOULD INHIBIT WIDESPREAD FOG/STRATUS. BKN MID-LEVEL CLOUDS ARE CERTAINLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO FOG EITHER. THIS WEDGE PATTERN IS MORE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH LOWERED CIGS...SO HAVE INCLUDED AREAS OF 1-2KFT CIGS AROUND SUNRISE. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME MVFR VSBYS AS WINDS GO CALM...BUT DO NOT ANTICIPATE IFR RESTRICTIONS ATTM. SUNDAY WILL BE VFR AS WEDGE BREAKS DOWN AND WINDS BECOME SOUTHEAST AOB 10 KTS. BEST PCPN CHANCES WILL BE INLAND...SO HAVE ADDED VCSH FOR KFLO/KLBT THROUGH THE DAY. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...MORNING FOG/STRATUS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. VFR WILL PREVAIL...BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN STORMS. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 730 PM SATURDAY...WEAK INVERTED COASTAL TROF TO EXTEND FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS SOMEWHAT PARALLEL TO THE COASTAL CAROLINAS SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. THE SFC PRESSURE PATTERN TO YIELD A NE WIND FROM CAPE FEAR NORTHWARD...AND BASICALLY VARIABLE SOUTH OF THE CAPE FEAR. WITH A RELAXED SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT... WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 10 KT...OR 5 TO 15 KT WITH THE 15 KT BEING QUITE GENEROUS. SIGNIFICANT SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE COMPRISED OF A 2 TO 3 FOOT ESE GROUND SWELL EXHIBITING ROUGHLY 8 SECOND PERIODS...WITH AVERAGE PERIODS RUNNING 6 SECONDS. SOMEWHAT NEGLIGIBLE WIND WAVE INPUT INTO THE WAVE EQUATION EXCEPT WHERE THE NE WINDS A BIT MORE ACTIVE...IE. NORTH OF CAPE FEAR. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION............................................. AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...WEAK COASTAL TROUGH OFFSHORE...AND A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALIGNED JUST INLAND...WILL CONTINUE NE WINDS BETWEEN THE TWO ACROSS THE WATERS...ALBEIT WITH LIGHT SPEEDS THANKS TO A WEAK GRADIENT. WINDS HAVE BEEN AROUND 10 KTS MUCH OF TODAY...AND WILL SLOWLY EASE TONIGHT TO 5-10 KTS...WITH AN E/NE DIRECTION PERSISTENT. SEAS OF 3-4 FT CURRENTLY WILL SLOWLY FALL WITH THE DECREASING WINDS...BECOMING 2-3 FT TONIGHT. WHILE THE E/NE WIND WAVE WILL BE DOMINANT MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...THE EASING WINDS WILL ALLOW A E/SE 9 SEC GROUND SWELL TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN THE SPECTRUM TONIGHT. SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 3 PM SATURDAY...WITH AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE WATERS AND SLOWLY SHIFTING INLAND. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW 10 KNOTS AND WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTH BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 FEET OR LESS. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...A FRONT WILL WASH OUT ALONG THE COAST TUE NIGHT INTO WED. ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WATERS WED AND THU. THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ON THU AND THU NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT GROWS CLOSER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP LATE THU AND CONTINUE INTO THU NIGHT. THE WIND DIRECTION ON TUE WILL BE FROM THE SE AND S. THESE WINDS WILL VEER TO SW TUE NIGHT AND WED AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SEAS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 4 TO 6 FT THU AND THU NIGHT. SEAS ON TUE WILL BE 2 TO 3 FT AND UP TO 4 FT ON WED. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DRH NEAR TERM...DCH/JDW SHORT TERM...DRH LONG TERM...RJD AVIATION...BJR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 647 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 AMZ250-252-254-256-202300- 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- 647 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ110-SCZ054-056-202300- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 647 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-202300- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 647 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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. 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. HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-202300- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 647 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 11
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
An 11 year old boy was on his body board and was pulled 150 feet into the ocean by a rip current and drowned.
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, Coastal Horry | 2014-07-19 | 11 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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