Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Racine
Event narrative (NOAA)
Young woman succumbed to drowning injuries which occurred at Zoo Beach along the Racine lakefront, shortly after being pulled from the water. Onshore winds and waves may have caused longshore and structural currents along the beach and North Pier which may have contributed to the drowning. According to witnesses, the young woman was swimming in a shallow area and a underwater current carried her to deep water. Officials stated the young woman did not know how to swim.
Other notable rip current events in Wisconsin
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.