A woman was pulled out to sea due to a rip current and drowned in Garden City, SC.
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A woman was pulled out to sea due to a rip current and drowned in Garden City, SC.
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 28, 6:37 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 737 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH MID WEEK. A PIEDMONT TROUGH WILL FORM AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND STALL DURING THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINALLY DISSIPATING ON MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 630 AM TUESDAY...WATER VAPOR MOVIES FROM SPACE THIS MORNING SHOW A BROAD UPPER HIGH MIGRATING SLOWLY WESTWARD...CENTERED NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. NW FLOW ALOFT PREVAILED OVER THE CAROLINAS ACROSS THIS UPPER RIDGE. IN THE LOWER LEVELS EAST WIND 10-15 KT WAS OBSERVED BY KLTX VWP IN THE LOWEST 3000 FEET VEERING TO NE ABOVE THIS LAYER. OFFSHORE...A SURFACE TROUGH WAS DEEPENING FROM JAX FL TO SE OF CAPE FEAR. KLTX MEASURING SHOWER AND ISOLATED TSTM ECHOES FROM 20NM OFFSHORE OF CHS TO 80NM SE OF CAPE FEAR...SHOWING LITTLE OVERALL MOVEMENT. OVER OUR LAND AREAS TODAY...MODEST MOISTURE...GOOD SURFACE HEATING...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...AND WEAK PERTURBATIONS ALOFT IN THE NW FLOW...WARRANTS ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY AFTN INTO EVENING. MAXIMUMS TODAY MIDDLE 90S WELL INLAND TO AROUND 90 COASTAL INTERIOR AND UPPER 80S COAST. 72-77 FOR LOWS WED...MILDEST COAST. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM TUESDAY...A RELATIVELY WEAK MID LEVEL PATTERN WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE SAME AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF CONVECTION TO READILY DEVELOP MOSTLY TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. THE STEERING FLOW MAY ALLOW SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY TO MEANDER INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HIGHEST POPS RESIDE HERE WITH AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST JUST SEEING ISOLATED WEAKER AND SHORT LIVED ACTIVITY. EXPECT A LITTLE BETTER COVERAGE THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 330 AM TUESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE STILL ADVERTISING A RATHER UNSETTLED PERIOD AS SEVERAL ELEMENTS TEAM UP. FIRST A WEAKNESS WILL PREVAIL AT THE MID LEVELS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND WEST. SECOND...TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP AT LEAST EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND THIS WILL ADD A THIRD ELEMENT...A FRONT THAT STALLS IN THE AREA AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATES. GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR EACH DAY. SEVERE WEATHER...WHICH IS ALWAYS IN PLAY THIS TIME OF YEAR MAY BE MORE ALIGNED TO THE TROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE MORE SHEAR. TEMPERATURES OVERALL WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY AS HIGHS WILL BE A LITTLE UNDER AND OVERNIGHT LOWS A LITTLE ABOVE. && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 12Z...TERMINALS ARE VFR THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT NE WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND LIGHT EAST WINDS INLAND. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED THIS TAF VALID PERIOD WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TERMINALS AND LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN LIGHT NE-E WINDS...EXCEPT E-SE WINDS 6-15 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WITH A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT ACROSS THE TERMINALS. SCT-BKN CU/SC 2.5-4KK WITH SOME SCT MID CLOUDS AROUND 11K THIS MORNING. TEMPO MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING 13-16Z. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BECOME PREDOMINATELY SCT AS THE AFTERNOON APPROACHES. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SUGGEST THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION TODAY WILL BE TO THE SE OF THE COASTAL TERMINALS AND NW OF THE INLAND TERMINALS. THUS ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER POSSIBLE TODAY. THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF FOG DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT AT ALL TERMINALS. WILL INDICATE TEMPO MVFR VSBYS ATTM ONLY AT KFLO/KLBT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...PREDOMINANTLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE. SCATTERED ACTIVITY FRIDAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF TEMPO MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 630 AM TUESDAY...GENERALLY E WINDS 10-12 KT WITH 3-4 FT SEAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TODAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL VEER TO ESE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS INSHORE. STRONGER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT OUTER PORTIONS TODAY...NORTH OF A SURFACE TROUGH FROM JAX FL TO 80NM SE OF CAPE FEAR. WAVES 3-4 FT MAINLY SSE EVERY 7 SECONDS IN OPEN DEEP WATER. SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM TUESDAY...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE THE THEME ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS IS DUE TO WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND AN ELONGATED SURFACE TROUGH WELL TO THE SOUTH. SOME VEERING OF THE WIND DIRECTION IS ALMOST A GIVEN CLOSER TO THE SHORE DUE TO THE SEA BREEZE AS THE SYNOPTIC FORCING IS NEGLIGIBLE. SEAS WILL BE 1-3 FEET. LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 330 AM TUESDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10-15 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FRONT MAKES A RUN FOR THE COAST FRIDAY BUT AS USUAL...FALLS WELL SHORT. NO REAL CATALYST IN THE ATLANTIC TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL SWELL COMPONENT TO THE WAVE SPECTRUM AND MOSTLY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 1-3 FEET WILL SUFFICE. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SHK NEAR TERM...MJC SHORT TERM...SHK LONG TERM...SHK AVIATION...MRR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 456 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 AMZ250-252-254-256-290900- 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- 456 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056- 290900- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 456 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-290900- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 456 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 47
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman was pulled out to sea due to a rip current and drowned in Garden City, SC.
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 | 2015-07-28 | 52 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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