Moderate rip current activity led to multiple rescues in Oak Island, NC.
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Moderate rip current activity led to multiple rescues in Oak Island, NC.
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 16, 5:35 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 635 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Bermuda high pressure along with an inland trough will dominate with mainly localized showers and thunderstorms each afternoon. Should see increasing heat risk late in the week. && .UPDATE... Updated POPs through this morning as the showers moving onshore are making it quite far inland, mostly just coastal counties though. Updated 12Z aviation below. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Typical summer day with afternoon showers/storms. There is still some question on coverage as formation will be more with smaller scale features, but thoughts are that things will start to form along the sea breeze and then graduate more towards along outflow boundaries. No severe weather is anticipated but rain may be heavy at times. Activity will calm down into tonight where confidence on fog is low given a persistent southerly breeze. Highs near 90 and lows in the lower to mid 70s. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... At the sfc, a southerly return flow around the Bermuda High will continue. Ridge will continue to build in the mid levels with H5 heights increasing to 596 dam and deep westerly downslope flow in the low to mid levels by Fri. High temps in the in the 90 to 95 range on Thurs will increase further to 94 to 98 range on Fri. This will lead to increasing heat risk and potential for a Heat Advisory. Lows in the mid to upper 70s will not provide much relief at night. May see a front/trough run by to the north Fri night, but ridge should keep convection limited for the most part. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Hot and humid weather will continue into the weekend with temps well into the 90s. Expect potential for heat headlines to continue. By Sunday, the ridge gets suppressed a bit to the south with shortwave riding by to the north. May see lingering trough/front helping to increase chc of convection over the Carolinas into early next week with heat letting up a bit and diminishing chc of heat risk or headlines. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Low coverage MVFR is hanging around this morning with clouds around 1.5-2 kft. These may fill in here and there but only briefly as we head into the afternoon. Showers and storms should pop up along the sea breeze and migrate inland as per usual with MVFR CIGs possible and MVFR/IFR VSBYs as rain could be heavy at times. Winds will increase to ~10 kts this afternoon, closer to 15 kts at the coast. Initial thoughts for tonight is that fog won't be an issue and patchy at best if present due to the overnight breeze lingering. Low stratus may be possible. Extended Outlook...Intermittent flight restrictions are possible each day due to daytime/evening convection and potential early morning fog/stratus. && .MARINE... Through Tonight...Southerly winds generally 10-15 kts, highest in the afternoon. Seas generally 3-4 ft with a SSE swell at 2-4 ft and 6 seconds. Thursday through Sunday...Bermuda High will maintain SW winds up to 15 kts with gusts up to 20 kts, especially in aftn sea breeze near shore. Seas will mainly be in the 3 to 4 ft range. A longer period SE swell will mix in. A front/trough will drop southward Fri night into the weekend with winds turning slightly more WSW. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. SC...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...ILM UPDATE...LEW NEAR TERM...LEW SHORT TERM...RGZ LONG TERM...RGZ AVIATION...LEW MARINE...RGZ/LEW
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 209 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 NCZ087-096-099-105>109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-055-056-058-059- 170615- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Inland New Hanover-Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-Marlboro- Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Inland Georgetown- Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 209 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Heat Risk will increase into late week with Heat Advisories and possibly Heat Warnings needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ110-SCZ054-170615- Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 209 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING 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...Thursday through Tuesday. A moderate risk of rip currents may continue into the weekend, due to a 2-4 ft swell out of the south. In addition, Heat Advisories are possible starting late week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-170615- 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- 209 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Oak Island Water Rescue reported ten rip current rescues made due to moderate rip current activity. Seven rescues were made by emergency personnel while the additional three were made by civilians.
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