Strong rip currents produced multiple rip related rescues at Carolina Beach on two consecutive days.
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The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Strong rip currents produced multiple rip related rescues at Carolina Beach on two consecutive days.
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 29, 9:06 AM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1006 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 .SYNOPSIS... A weak and nearly stationary boundary across NC will continue to weaken through the day. A building mid and upper level ridge will bring above normal temperatures and mainly isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms to the area through early next week. An upper disturbance off the Atlantic could bring increasing rain chances by the middle of the upcoming week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 10 AM Friday...Heat and humidity will be the main forecast challenge with heat indices approaching advisory criteria this afternoon. Currently, heat index values are expected to remain just below criteria for most locations, the exception being a few areas across our inland SC zones. Either way, conditions will be unpleasant with hot/muggy weather continuing. A weak boundary just north of the forecast area will become increasingly diffuse while aloft a ridge asserts itself across the region. Mid-level water vapor imagery shows a large portion of the Carolinas with dry air in place. In the end, the sea breeze is expected to cause some convection, and later in the day isolated to widely scattered convection is also possible farther inland given the amount of destabilization expected. However, the aforementioned dry air aloft is will inhibit any widespread convection. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 AM Friday...Despite H5 ridge to the north through the period, model guidance still indicative of isolated to scattered showers Saturday with a decaying front in the area at the surface. H5 ridge forecast to extend a little farther south Sunday so convection could be more isolated Saturday than Sunday. Guidance has backed off on previously advertised heat index values over 105 Sat and Sun, mainly due to slightly cooler max temperatures than previously forecast. The main culprit in this change appears to be onshore flow resulting in more clouds, especially southern areas Sat. It will still be hot with maximums each day in the lower to middle 90s and heat index values of 100 to 104. Mins each night will fall to the mid 70s. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 330 PM Thursday...Ridging sfc thru aloft to dominate Mon thru Tue. Looking at heat and humidity for all 2 days that will likely reach heat advisory criteria for much of the ILM CWA with the exception of locations along the immediate coast. The ridging aloft will result in mainly ENE to ESE flow thru the column. This onshore flow thru the column will keep a limit on max temps across the FA. Usually a downslope flow across the FA accompanies the ridging aloft. However, not in this case due to the orientation of the upper ridging extending North-South across much of the the East Coast from NE states to the Carolinas. For Wed, have increased cloudiness and Pops due to a cutoff low over the high seas at the beginning of the week that makes some eastward progress toward the East coast. && .AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 12Z...VFR conditions are expected this valid TAF period. There is a small chance for showers and thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon and evening. This is covered in the terminals with VCTS as the probability of TS at individual terminals is too low for inclusion in the terminal forecast. With a front in the area, winds will be light and variable but should become southerly along the coast due to sea breeze. Extended Outlook...Mainly VFR outside brief restrictions in scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers/tstms. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 10 AM Friday...A weak pressure gradient exists across the adjacent coastal waters with a diffuse boundary situated just north of the area. Light S to SW flow currently prevails as a result, with marine observations also indicating seas 3 ft or less. The developing sea breeze circulation will bump speeds up a notch across the waters during the day but will diminish again tonight as the wind backs to an easterly direction. Seas 2-3 ft will prevail through much of the period. SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 AM Friday...Expect E to SE winds to become S to SW Sat at speeds of 10 KT or less and continue through the period. With the front in the area, there many be some variability in wind directions through the period though, especially northern waters. Seas of 2 FT or less are expected. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 330 PM Thursday...The relaxed sfc pg and a sfc synoptic pressure pattern that is rather chaotic will yield SW-W wind speeds 5 to 10 kt at night becoming SE-S around 10 kt or 10 to 15 kt during the height of the sea breeze circulation each day. The sfc pressure pattern later Mon thru Tue will yield mainly synoptic easterly winds around 10 kt with the sea breeze circulation veering to SE and increasing it to 10-15 kt. Significant seas will run basically around 2 ft thruout this period. An ESE 1 to 2 foot ground swell at 7 to 9 second periods, via latest wavewatch3 and SWAN model data, will dominate thruout much of this period. Sea breeze wind chop at 3 to 5 second periods in the aftn and early evening, will temporarily dominate the seas during this time period. Depending on what occurs with the cutoff High Seas Low by the mid-week period of next week, did increase seas to around 3 ft by the end of Tue to account for easterly winds becoming more dominant. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...None. NC...None. MARINE...None. && NEAR TERM...SRP SHORT TERM...RAN LONG TERM...DCH AVIATION...RAN
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 944 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059- 301100- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick- Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- Williamsburg-Coastal Horry-Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown- Central Horry-Northern Horry- 944 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hot temperatures along with relatively high humidity will result in heat indices up to 105 degrees, mainly across inland areas this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Heat and humidity will continue through the weekend and into the first part of next week, with heat indices up to 105 degrees across inland areas each afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-301100- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out 20 nm- 944 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 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. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 29
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The lifeguards at Carolina Beach reported over a dozen rip related rescues.
On a second consecutive day, lifeguards made over a dozen rip related rescues at Carolina Beach.
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