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Rip Current — Suffolk, New York

July 20, 2004 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Suffolk

Event narrative (NOAA)

A persistent south to southwest wind helped to generate rough seas on the ocean on Tuesday the 20th. These rough seas acted to help produce rip currents along the South Shore of Long Island. A 12-year old boy swimming in the surf at Dolphin Beach in East Quogue was caught in a rip current Tuesday evening. The boy was not able to swim out of it...and unfortunately he drowned. His brother was swimming in the general area as well...and was rescued.

Other notable rip current events in New York

Queens · July 23, 20013 killedSoutheast Suffolk · June 6, 20102 killedKings · June 5, 20052 killedSuffolk · August 10, 20022 killedNassau · July 25, 20082 killedNassau · May 26, 20102 killed

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.

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