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Rip Current — Marquette, Michigan

July 21, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Marquette

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 62-year-old Wisconsin man drowned near Picnic Rocks on the afternoon of the 21st. A wave pushed him away from the sandbar at Picnic Rocks, and he was pulled under the water by the strong longshore current which had developed from gusty north winds of 10 to 20 mph.

Other notable rip current events in Michigan

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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.

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