The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 1014716
Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge
COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY
1014716
The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Rip Current |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 1,014,716 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 167,659 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2022-03-06T12:43:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2022-03-06T13:20:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | FLORIDA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Law Enforcement |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Surface high pressure off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast created a strong pressure gradient across South Florida, resulting in breezy/gusty east winds. This wind pattern led to the formation of strong rip currents at the Atlantic coast beaches, with a confirmed rip current fatality in Palm Beach. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | A 64-year-old male visiting from outside the area drowned from a rip current at the 400 block of South Ocean Boulevard in the Town of Palm Beach. Fire-Rescue arrived on-scene at 7:43 AM to a call of an unresponsive man lying on the beach shoreline. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 8:20 AM.||This section of the beach is guarded during operating hours, but the drowning occurred before lifeguards arrived for normal duty. |
| Yearyear | 2,022 |
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