Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
June 1, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 27-year-old man visiting from Connecticut drowned after being caught in a rip current at the beach near 80 South Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach. Two friends who were also caught in the rip current but escaped, along with lifeguards tried to save the victim to no avail.||The rip currents occurred the day before Tropical Storm Barry moved across Central Florida. Winds were out of the east to southeast at around 20 mph, leading to the formation of rip currents. Seas were also rough.
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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.