Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Pinellas
Event narrative (NOAA)
An eighteen year old male was swept away by a rip current after slipping off the old Gandy Bridge and falling into the the Old Tampa Bay waters.
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.