Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Nueces
Event narrative (NOAA)
Strong rip currents occurred along Padre and Mustang Islands during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 21st. A male swimmer was caught in a rip current near Horace Caldwell Pier on Mustang Island and drowned.
Other notable rip current events in Texas
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.