Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
4
Property damage
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Area
Pinellas
Event narrative (NOAA)
Four people, some vacationing from Alabama became caught in rip currents as they were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico after Tropical Storm Debby. A relative who attempted to save them became the fifth person caught in the rip currents. Bystanders pulled all five people back to shore, but one of them, a 41 year old woman, was unconscious and not breathing, and died as a result.
Other notable rip current events in Florida
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.