Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Cameron
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 40 year old male swimming between the first and second sandbars �� of a mile north of Beach Access 5 on South Padre Island drowned in a rip current. Two other individuals were rescued, both of whom were brought to shore conscious and treated at the scene.
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.