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Rip CurrentHillsborough, Florida

May 31, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Hillsborough

Event narrative (NOAA)

An eight year old female drowned in a rip current while swimming offshore a peninsula named Picnic Island, nine miles southwest of Tampa.

Other notable rip current events in Florida

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

Rip Current — Hillsborough, Florida, May 31, 1999 | DisasterAtlasUSA