High Surf, Eastern Dare
- When
- July 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Dare forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
A 32 year old male died while trying to rescue his girlfriend's 12 year old son.
High Surf in North Carolina, July 19, 2018
A man drowned trying to rescue three teenagers in the surf zone.
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 trying to rescue three teenagers in the surf zone.
Event by event
1 high surf. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, Eastern Dare | 2018-07-19 | 32 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 19, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 19 to 21, 2018
- Heat in Texas, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 19, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 19 to 20, 2018
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flooding in Utah, July 19 to 22, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Illinois, July 19, 2018
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Mississippi, July 19 to 20, 2018
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2018
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 759719.