Rip Current — Southeast Suffolk, New York
August 8, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Southerly winds and long period ocean swells produced dangerous rip currents on Sunday August 8th along the south shores of Suffolk and Nassau Counties. Surf observations from Suffolk County beaches reported moderate rip currents, with a few reports of occasionally strong rip currents. ||There was a fatality due to drowning at Amagansett Beach when a female swimmer was caught in rough surf/rip current. Local media reported that other swimmers were caught in rip currents as they tried to save the woman, but other injury reports are unconfirmed.||A moderate risk of rip currents was issued in the surf zone forecast. This was also headlined in the Hazardous Weather Outlook issued Saturday evening and Sunday Morning. In addition, the Area Forecast Discussion issued Sunday morning indicated tha
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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.